Requiem

Requiem
The Roleplaying Overhaul
For TES V - Skyrim
By Xarrian & Ogerboss
Version 1.7.3
available on Skyrim Nexus
Sheo
gora
th
appr
oves
!
So it is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself,
you can win a hundred battles without a single loss.
If you only know yourself, but not your opponent, you may win or may lose.
If you know neither yourself nor your enemy, you will always endanger yourself.
Sun-Tzu, ``The Art of War''
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Preface
Requiem started as a personal project to turn Skyrim into more of a(n) (oldschool) roleplaying experience
and has grown ever since. Originally started by Xarrian, this project was later joined by me, Ogerboss, and
for a while we worked as small team on this project. Unfortunately, Xarrian retreated from the project in
may 2013 because he has too many things to do in real life and so I continued the project alone.
So what's this modification all about? Its changes affect about everything there is in the game - from
overall gameplay changes, like a completely deleveled game world, to remade and rebalanced items, interface
tweaks, aesthetic adjustments and much, much more. Requiem is not intended as a modification that makes
the game an absolute hardcore experience (which seems to be a common misconception), though increasing
the difficulty to a much higher degree (in comparison to the original game) is part of its goal to make the
world feel more believable and immersive. Likewise, the project is not intended to be a modification that's
suited for the average player - it's a personal project that's mainly meant to be shared with like-minded
individuals who enjoy an immersive roleplaying experience.
While a lot of our inspiration comes from older titles like previous Elder Scrolls titles (mainly Morrowind,
Daggerfall and Arena), Gothic, Deus Ex, Baldur's Gate, Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor,
Icewind Dale, Planescape: Torment and similar games, we do try to find a compromise between traditional
roleplaying elements and more modern approaches, though the focus clearly lies on the former.
We tried and still try to create something unique - something we do not do for the sake of popularity, fame
or whatever, but for the joy that we find in working and altering an existing piece of art and constantly
improving what we made (so far). But all of this would not have been possible without the help of our
great community that has formed around the project and helped us in so many ways to make progress
we did not even consider possible. We really appreciate your constant feedback , criticism, suggestions,
bugreports, resources and comments!
Another thing we want to mention, as many people wonder about it: The lack of modularity is intended.
Using a single esp instead of several mutually independent esps has the major advantage that features can
be much more intertwined than in a modular approach. But Requiem nevertheless features a high degree of
customizability using the integrated MCM. A detailed account of all the available options can be found
in this manual. If you only want some specific aspects of what Requiem does, it's likely that you'd rather
want to use smaller mods with a less encompassing scale!
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About this Document
This manual is designed with digital use in mind and therefore features a high degree of cross-references.
All document-internal links are highlighted like this, while external links into the internet are http:
//skyrim.nexusmods.com. Emphasized names like Requiem - The Roleplaying OverhaulM1
are hyperlinked references to mods. Each of these links will bring you directly to the bibliography at the
end of the document, a comprehensive list of all the mods cited in this document, including their (nexus)
weblink. XarrianP1 on the other hand is a reference to a specific modder and will you redirect you to another
section of the bibliography, where you find references to all his work included in Requiem and a link to his
Nexus profile, where you can browse all the work made by this author.
Please note that this manual is a work in progress and therefore incomplete. If the topic of your interest is
not yet covered by this manual, please refer to the old plain text manual for the general idea or browse the
changelogs if you need to know the specific details.
Quickstart Guide
This short guide is intended to help you setting up your Requiem installation quickly. Installing Requiem is
straightforward, it just contains a single esp, almost all customization can be done later ingame. However,
Requiem has a few dependencies you will have to install first to make sure that everything works correctly.
Prerequisites and Installation
To use Requiem, you will need the following dependencies:
– The Elder Scrolls V - Skyrim version 1.9 older versions are NOT supported!
– The Elder Scrolls V - Dawnguard DLC
– Skyrim Script Extender (SKSE)M2 version 1.6.16 (or higher, once available)
Furthermore, there is one optional dependency, which is highly recommenced:
– SkyUIM3 version 4.1 (or higher, once available)
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Using SkyUI allows you to access the Mod Configuration Menu, which you can use to adjust many
features of Requiem to your personal liking. If you dislike the SkyUI interface, there is also SkyUIAwayM4 , which only adds the MCM.
Once these dependencies are present, you can just install Requiem as any other mod, either using a mod
organizing tool of your choice (Mod OrganizerM5 or Nexus Mod ManagerM6 ) or by hand. Move
the Requiem.esp to the bottom of your loadorder* and then simply start a new game. The exception to this
rule is Alternate Start - Live Another LifeM7 : If you use it with Requiem, load it after Requiem,
otherwise you will not get past the main menu due to a mod conflict about the starting quest, which initializes he game. Using Requiem with an existing save is strongly discouraged, because this is a major
overhaul with significant changes to the character progression.
If you install a minor update (version x.y.z) on top of a major version (x.y), make sure to ``merge'' or ``add''
these two updates. This means first install the major version if not already present and then install the
minor update on top if it, keeping all files from the major version and only overwriting those which are
also contained in the minor update. If you instead ``replace'' the major version with the minor update you
will have issues since the update does not contain all files. The most obvious indication for this are characters with invisible armors, for example Ulfric Stormcloak who normally wears the Dragon Knight
ArmorM8 .
First Steps
Once you have started the new game, Requiem will wait for a suitable moment† to start up its scripts.
This will be indicated by a popup-notifcation. A few seconds later, you should see a second popup note
that the scripts have started successfully. If this is not the case, the scripts failed to start, which means
that continuing will likely result in a broken game.
Once the scripts are initialized, all Requiem features are active and you can begin your journey. But
before you try escaping Helgen, know that Requiem grants you three perk points at the beginning. Spend
them wisely, because perks matter much more in Requiem, without using the three perks you may find the
beginning very harsh.
* Otherwise you most likely provoke conflicts and overwrite parts of Requiem unknowingly with other mods.
The BOSS-sorting
order which places Requiem somewhere in the middle of your loadorder is not a good advice in this case.
If you use Alternate Start - Live Another
M7
Life , this happens once you leave the prison cell. In general it happens once you have changed your ``location'', usually
it is sufficient to change for example from an exterior to an interior cell or vice versa.
† If you do the normal start at Helgen, this happens upon entering the keep.
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If you encounter any problems on your travels, have a look at the Frequently Asked Questions. Most
beginners' questions should be covered by this list.
Troubleshooting
If you encounter any problems which are not covered by the FAQ (gameplay-related or technical), feel free
to visit the Nexus presence of this mod and ask your questions in the comment section. Before you do so,
make sure that all prerequisites are properly installed and Requiem is at the bottom of your loadorder. If
you don't follow these guidelines, it is very unlikely that we can help you. If there are dozens of mods
loaded after Requiem, which are most likely unknown (in the sense of ``never used myself'') to us, it is
impossible to say which one causes the conflict.
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Preface
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Quickstart Guide
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Prerequisites and Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
First Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
I.
Requiem in a Nutshell
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1. What is Requiem about?
1.1.
1.2.
1.3.
1.4.
1.5.
1.6.
1.7.
1.8.
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The world's leveling system . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Attributes, Skills and Perks . . . . . . . . . . . .
Combat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Magic, Shouting, the Divines and Standing Stones .
Exploration, Economy and Atmosphere . . . . . .
Crafting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Rogue's skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bugfixes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2. Customizing Requiem
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2.2. Adjusting the difficulty settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
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2.3. Font selection . . . . . . . . . .
2.4. Optionals . . . . . . . . . . . .
2.4.1. Combat . . . . . . . .
2.4.2. Magic . . . . . . . . .
2.4.3. Skills & Perks . . . . .
2.4.4. Atmosphere . . . . . .
2.4.5. Compability & Debug .
2.5. Alphabetical Option Index . . .
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3. Frequently asked questions
3.1.
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Questions related to Combat . . . . . . . . . . .
Questions related to Magic . . . . . . . . . . . .
Questions related to Skills and Perks . . . . . . .
Questions related to Quests . . . . . . . . . . . .
Questions related to Atmosphere . . . . . . . . .
Questions related to Compability with other mods
FAQ - Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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4. Combat
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4.1. Defense - Armors Types and Blocking . . .
4.1.1. Heavy Armor Perks . . . . . . . .
4.1.2. Evasion Perks . . . . . . . . . . .
4.1.3. Block Perks . . . . . . . . . . . .
4.2. Offense - Weapon Types and Special Attacks
4.2.1. Special attacks . . . . . . . . . .
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5. Magic
5.1. Illusion . . . . . . . . . . .
5.1.1. Illusion Perks . . .
5.1.2. Illusion Spells . . .
5.2. Alphabetical Index of Spells
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6. Game Mechanics
6.1.
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6.4.
6.5.
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Resistance versus illusion spells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The derived attributes system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The mass effect - how the weight of your equipment changes everything
Thu'um mastery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Stamina costs for normal attacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Knockdown attacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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III. Hall of Heroes
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A. Credits
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B. Compatibility with other mods
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C. Referenced Mods and Tools
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D. Nexus Profiles from referenced Modders
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Part I
Requiem in a
Nutshell
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What is
Requiem
about?
1. What is Requiem about?
1. What is Requiem about?
Requiem is a major overhaul and as such it touches almost every part of the game. The changes are by far
too many to list them all here, but this chapter will give you an overview of the general design concepts,
more details on specific topics can be found in the following chapters. Please note that many of these
changes can be adjusted to your personal preferences, as described in the chapter Customizing Requiem.
1.1. The world's leveling system
In general, Requiem makes most aspects of the leveled world from Skyrim static and therefore independent
of your level. You will find all enemies the game has to offer right from the start, if you visit the wrong
areas, and you can find any equipment right from the start. In general, the following changes have been
made to the leveling system:
– All encounters are no longer leveled, the appearance of a given NPC or creature only depends on
your current location and chance.
– Some leveled lists have been altered in their general outcome to support the immersion, for example
you will see more small than large mudcrabs and more wolves than bears.
– Loot is no longer dependent on your level, but high quality items are of course much rarer.
– Quests rewards are decoupled from your level.
– Most locks are no longer leveled.
– Trap damage is now independent of your level and therefore much higher than in Vanilla Skyrim,
often even lethal.
Apart from these changes to the leveled lists the NPCs and creatures themselves are subject to major
changes. The different versions of enemies (e.g. "Bandit", "Bandit Marauder", "Bandit Thug" etc) now
share the same name, but the different versions still exist. But in contrast to Vanilla Skyrim they will
not replace the low-level versions but instead they will mix with them, giving you a variety of differently
skilled opponents within one faction. If you find a particular specimen of a given faction much more difficult than his friends, then he is likely much more experienced than they are.
The NPCs themselves no longer level with the player, since the previously discussed mixing of different
variants offers a much better way to include some variance into the skills of faction members. In general,
the different factions or creatures can be classified into three tiers, which are shown in Table 1.1.
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low-level encounters
skeevers, mudcrabs
slaughterfish, horkers
wolves, bears
bandits
forsworn (if still human)
humanoid skeletons
frostbite spiders (baby size)
mid-level encounters
soldiers and guards
draugr
witches/hagravens
trolls
icewraiths
spiders
mammoths
fire atronachs
frost atronachs
high-level encounters
giants
vampires
mages
dragons
falmer
dwemer automatons
werewolves
dragonpriests
most daedra
elite soldiers
Table 1.1.: A rough classification of the enemies you will encounter on your journey. Low-level enemies
are in general manageable from the first level on if you use your brain. Mid-level encounters
can in principle also be mastered from the first level on, but these will require a great deal of
preparation at this point of the game. Finally, high level encounters are a one-way ticket to
Oblivion, unless you come well prepared and experienced.
If you are looking for a mod that delevels the world like described above, but are uncomfortable with all the
other changes and additions from Requiem, you should instead check out Skyrim Scaling StopperM9
or Skyrim UnleashedM10 .
1.2. Attributes, Skills and Perks
Requiem introduces some major changes to the perk and skill systems. In summary, the focus is shifted from
skills to perks. While in Vanilla Skyrim having a high skill level was sufficient to excel in the profession,
you will now need to invest perks into the skills you want to master. Furthermore, most perktrees are
completely redone and now offer an all new experience. Besides these major changes, several other aspects
of the skill system changed:
– At the beginning of the game you will receive three perk points for free to choose a starting profession.
– You will now only receive five attribute points per level (and no extra carry weight if you choose
stamina).
– A passive attribute system emulates the old TES-attributes in an immersive way.
– Your Thu'um now behaves as a skill and will also progress the more you use it and learn new words.
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1. What is Requiem about?
– Many perks now have additional requirements, like almanacs with smithing knowledge or certain
ingredients to brew a mutagen.
– The base value of starting skills (excluding racial bonuses) has been reduced from 15 to 5.
– Skill leveling rates, experience gain from books* and training sessions have been adjusted for a more
immersive experience.
– Armor skills will increase passively by exploring the world while wearing the respective type of
armor. Clothing contributes to the Evasion skill.
– The perk descriptions no longer show any precise numbers to increase the immersion and shift the
focus from powergaming to roleplaying.
– Many perks now grant dynamic bonuses, often depending on your skill level.
The above mentioned attributes are a backport from the system used in Morrowind and Oblivion. However,
instead of adding tedious extra menus to manage attributes like strength or endurance, we decided for a
more intuitive approach. Requiem grants you passive bonuses, similar to those the attributes granted in
earlier games, based on your three base attributes health, magicka and stamina. You can see your current
bonuses at any time in a new MCM-menu (named ``Requiem - Skills Menu'') and find a detailed description
of this attribute system in the appendix The derived attributes system. The Thu'um leveling is described in
more detail in Thu'um mastery.
1.3. Combat
Combat has been overhauled completely to yield a more deadly and tactical experience. Thinking about the
tactics you want to employ is mandatory, a berserker assault will often lead to an untimely death. The
most notable changes to combat are:
– Your enemies are more skilled than before. If somebody wields a mace, you better expect some armor
crushing blows from him.
– The AI is in general more versatile, using special attacks and poisons more often than before.
– Armor is mandatory to survive combat, unarmored humanoids are dispatched in a thrice.
– Weapon damage has been increased significantly, especially archery, which is now deadly. A skilled
archer can often take out an unarmored humanoid with a single shot.
* You will receive a fixed amount of skill experience instead of an instant increment by one skillpoint.
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– Light and heavy armor now have more distinct characteristics. While light armor offers only limited protection, heavy armor absorbs great amounts of damage and offers incredible protection from
arrows at the price of a reduced agility. Heavy armor also quickly exhausts all those who are not
accustomed to it.
– Blocking and/or dodging is now essential if you want to survive melee combat.
– NPC archers now only have a limited supply of arrows/bolts. If you cannot think of any smarter
tactic, you can simply try to dodge all their arrows and force them into melee.
– The maximal resistances have been increased to 90%. But beware, many enemies have armor piercing
or similar attacks so you might want to have a resistance higher than the capping value.
– Archery damage now depends on the range and your skill level, furthermore the skill determines the
maximal distance up to which you can score a sneak attack critical.
– NPCs are now less prone to stagger (and some creatures are even immune) to prevent ``staggerlocking'' your enemy, while the player at the same time is staggered more often, every enemy hit can
stagger you. This inconsistency is necessary due to the engine flaw that the player can still perform
actions while being staggered, but NPCs cannot.
– Being hit in combat now has side-effects beyond reducing your health: it will also drain magicka
(from the concentration loss) and stamina and possibly stagger or disarm you. Most of these effects
can be countered by several means.
– Being exhausted or critically injured now has severe side effects like reduced speed or damage.
– Bash attacks disarm archers or even break their weapons.
– NPCs now yield in a more realistic way and will not attack you again five seconds later.
– Most essential NPCs can now be killed by the player.
– Many creatures now have unique traits and abilities which will require different tactics to overcome.
– The difficulty bar in the option menu has no effect to prevent a too easy or too difficult setting to
spoil your initial Requiem experience. If you find the game too difficult or easy, you can adjust it
later in the MCM.
– The duration of the deathcam is reduced to almost zero to prevent you from learning the position of
the foe that killed you.
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1.4. Magic, Shouting, the Divines and
Standing Stones
The magic system has experienced a large variety of changes in Requiem. First of all, all schools offer lots of
new spells and most existing spells have been altered to better fit the theme of the mod. As with everything
in Requiem, the focus also here shifted from skill levels to perks, requiring you to invest perks into your
favourite schools, if you really want to master them. Important changes are:
– your skill level no longer reduces the casting costs of spells
– with the right perks, your skill level will augment the power/duration of your spells
– Casting spells now requires freedom of movement; armor, especially heavy armor, will increase the
casting costs. Heavy armor can make most spells uncastable if you do not have the proper training
as a battle mage.
– Casting spells while being exhausted is also a very difficult task and doubles the casting costs.
– In addition to the possibilities offered by Vanilla Skyrim, you can also learn new spells by acquiring
new spellcasting perks. (You may choose freely from the spells of the respective spell tier and school,
there is no pre-defined choice you have to accept.)
The shouting system is in general the same as in the original game, but as for the spells, most shouts have
been overhauled to be more impressive. Other important changes for the Thu'um are:
– The speechcraft perktree now offers a second branch with perks that will empower your Thu'um.
These perks are independent of your speech skill and will be unlocked by certain events of the main
storyline. (Hints are given in the perk descriptions.)
– The Thu'um is now much more difficult to master. At the beginning all shouts will have a 50% longer
cooldown than usual, but you will gain experience in the usage of your Thu'um. The more you know
about the Dragon language and the more often you use it, the easier it will become for you to shout.
Worshipping the divines works similar to Vanilla Skyrim, but has some important differences:
– The divines now also offer an empowered blessing for those in their favor. To obtain this blessing
you usually have to solve the quest associated with their temple and/or fulfill some other conditions
related to the domain of this god.
– Your crime record will now determine if the divines will bless you or not, for murderers are not
favored by the divines. Also, if you have stolen too many items or your lifetime bounty is too high,
you will be denied the blessing of the divines.
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– The restoration perktree now offers the perk ``Painful Regrets'' which can be taken without prerequisites once your crime record passed the limits tolerated by the divines. At the expense of permanent
debuffs this perk will increase the maximum number of crimes tolerated by the gods. However, it
does not allow you to regain the favor of any god.
The standing stones system is now divided into groups to find a compromise between the static birthsigns
we had in Morrowind and the dynamic system used in Skyrim. When you first choose a standing stone,
you will be restrained to its group afterwards and can only change to other signs within this group. The
available groups are:
– Warrior's group: The Warrior, The Lady, The Lord, The Steed
– Mage's group: The Mage, The Apprentice, The Atronach, The Ritual
– Thief's group: The Thief, The Lover, The Shadow, The Tower
– Snake's group: The Snake
Beside these subgroup restraints, most of the standing stone effects have be reworked to better suit the
mod's theme.
1.5. Exploration, Economy and
Atmosphere
Requiem alters many regions and dungeons from the original game (like the Helgen Keep) to add a more
immersive feeling, starting from hand placed items and background material to unique creatures. Other
changes related to the atmosphere, trading and exploring the world are:
– Horses are now much more useful: They are faster, have a higher endurance and have usable saddlebags (you can access them with the ``Search'' power). Furthermore, you can also use them for a
charge attack to trample down your foes.
– Animals have been tweaked for more variety in size and more inter-faction fights. In addition, you
will no longer find strange loot like gold or gems when slaying an animal.
– Fast travel is no longer possible, use a horse or the cart driver services.
– Your passive stamina and magicka regeneration rates are approximately halved. Health does no
longer regenerate at all, but regenerative abilities can be obtained by several means.
– Running and swimming now consume stamina.
– Diseases are now much more serious.
– Ore mines and plants have their yield increased.
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– The falling damage is now significantly higher and most trap triggers are invisible.
– The respawn times have been increased to prevent fast re-occupation of cleared cells. Random dragon
spawns are also less frequent.
– The storage chests of most merchants are now accessible and can be looted by highly skilled thieves.
– Merchants now will rip you off if you have no clue about bartering.
– The stock of different merchants now varies more, depending on their region and importance.
– Dubious merchandise (like Skooma) is no longer sold or bought by honest merchants.
– The default timescale is now 10, this means one real-time minute equals ten minutes game-time.
– A few lore friendly easter eggs are placed across Skyrim.
Another feature which you might find useful on your explorations is the lock bashing. Requiem offers you
the possibility to break locks up to adept level on wooden crates and doors. To break a lock by force simply
attack the locked object, if your health and stamina exceed a threshold determined by the locklevel, you
will open the chest.*
1.6. Crafting
Crafting has be overhauled such that it no longer provides loopholes to craft totally overpowered items. To
achieve this, the fortify enchantment/ smithing/ alchemy effects have been removed from ingredients and
you can only buy some potions with these effects.Further changes are:
– Without the basic perks (or a racial background) you cannot craft anything useful.
– Many enchantments have been revised and new ones have been added.
– Recharging your magical weapons with filled soulgems now requires the second rank of the basic
enchantment perk or a scroll which you can obtain from most court wizards.
– Smithing perks are no longer auto-didactic perks, to master a new material you will have to acquire
a suitable handbook first.
– Acquiring enchanting perks now unlocks the power to imbue battlestaffs with your spells to create
your own staffs.
– Some gems can be grinded into alchemical dust with the appropriate smithing knowledge.
– Skilled alchemists can also craft special powder bags, which behave similar to poisons but are not
affected by poison resistance.
– Each character can buy the Healing Poultice recipe from an alchemist co craft this item at a tanning
rack. It serves as a long lasting health regeneration boost while out of combat.
* Please note that the HUD does not update the displayed lock-status until you refocus on the object in question.
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1.7. Rogue's skills
1.7. Rogue's skills
Also the rogue's skills are affected by Requiem's changes. As with all other skills you will now need at
least one invested perk to put these skills to any use (unless you have a racial affinity). Pickpocket and
Lockpicking are impossible without their basic perks and Sneaking suffers from severe penalties which will
make you an easy target.
– Sneaking parameters are tweaked: Sneaking is overall more difficult, the AI is more alert and will
search longer for you once they become suspicious.
– Heavy armor severely penalizes rogue activities and makes them almost impossible.
– A sneak attack against a sleeping target will usually do beyond fatal damage.
– Many new locks have been added to the world.
1.8. Equipment
Requiem adds a lot of new equipment to the world (new models and textures are courtesy from other modders who allowed us to use their fantastic material), a few examples being: sabres and katanas, explosive
arrows, new hunting loot (e.g. hearts) and food, new books for your library, artefacts like the bag of
holding and teleportation scrolls. But also existing equipment has been altered in several ways:
– Most artefacts have been reworked to actually match the power attributed to them in the lore.
– Several items are now cursed, with consequences ranging from attribute penalties to almost instant
death. Some curses can be broken by certain conditions.
– Potion effects no longer stack and most ingredients have their effects altered.
– Gold now has a weight of 0.01 per coin (never depicted in the item card of Vanilla interface)
– Arrows and Bolts now also have a weight (never depicted in the item card due to engine limitations).
– Light ammo (forsworn, elven, glass) weighs 0.1 units each.
– Medium ammo (iron, silver, steel, draugr, nord hero, ammo from other mods) weighs 0.2 units
each.
– Heavy ammo (orcish, dwarven) weighs 0.3 units each.
– Very heavy ammo (ebony, daedric) weighs 0.5 units each.
– Raw food will damage your stamina and magicka unless you have a race with the Strong Stomach
feat. Cooked food on the other hand will restore your magicka and stamina, if consumed out of
combat.
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– Many misc items have been altered in price and weight with the general scheme that activities like
hunting or stealing precious items now pays off more than before.
1.9. Interface
Most noteworthy in this category is the custom font shipped with this mod which better fits the mod's
theme. Further changes to the interface are:
– A new MCM shows your secondary attributes like resistances and regeneration rates.
– Another MCM allows you to configure many aspects of Requiem to your personal preferences.
– Notifications have been changed to first-person texts.
– Quicksave/load messages are no longer shown.
– The loading screen hints no longer contain meta-knowledge like how to interpret your HUD.
1.10. Bugfixes
Besides all the new features listed above, Requiem also alleviates a few shortcomings of the original game:
– Stealing somebody's pants while he wears them is simply no longer possible…
– You can no longer abuse restoration to empower your enchanted gear* .
– Many keyword associations have been fixed.
– Conjuration spells and diseases no longer will be absorbed by your own magic absorption.
– Circlets and masks are now compatible with hooded robes.
– The random vampire raids from Dawnguard were disabled because it does not make sense for the
vampires to slaughter their food source.
Please note that these bugfixes are no replacement for the Unofficial Skyrim PatchM11 and its DLC
variants.
* Please
note that this is currently achieved by removing the ``fortify power mod'' effects from the game, if another mod
introduces these effects again, you can still end up with this issue.
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Requiem
2. Customizing Requiem
2. Customizing Requiem
Requiem offers a lot of different features, which may or may not be to everyone's liking. Instead of splitting
Requiem into a set of modules, we have decided to develop the mod as a single module. This design approach
allows us to intertwine the individual components much more than we could in a modular approach.
To maintain a measure of customization nevertheless, we decided to implement switches for disabling or
adjusting many of those features.
In general, we have two kinds of switches: Most options can be accessed from the Mod Configuration
Menu* (MCM) integrated into SkyUIM3 M4 delivered together with this mod. A few specialized options
however were not suited for the transfer to the MCM based approach and therefore remain as additional
esps, which have to be loaded after the main file. In this chapter, we will first go through some special
options and then discuss the bulk of the available options in detail, ordered by categories. In addition, this
chapter also features an index of all available options.
2.1. Recommenced INI-settings
For immersive reasons, we recommend that you alter a few entries in your Skyrim.ini (normally† located in C:\Users\[Username]\Documents\My Games\Skyrim by default). If the following entries are
already present, modify their values to those given below, otherwise add these lines at the end of the file.
bShowCompass = 0
bShowFloatingQuestMarkers = 0
bShowQuestMarkers = 0
These settings disable the compass (since there is currently no way to only disable the location markers),
the floating questmarkers displayed ingame and the quest markers on the map. Because the Vanilla quest
objectives are rather useless without their fleeting markers, we strongly encourage you to use the mod Even
Better Quest ObjectivesM12 in conjunction with these settings.
* As of version 1.7 the old optional files are no longer supported, except the few still present in the download.
Do not use the
old optional esps together with the new version, there will be conflicts.
you use the Mod OrganizerM5 , please note that this tool has an individual ini for each profile and you have to use
the integrated ini-editor to edit the correct file.
† If
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2.2. Adjusting the difficulty settings
2.2. Adjusting the difficulty settings
By default, all difficulty settings have the same scaling for damage taken/dealt by the player. This feature
is intended to prevent your Requiem experience from being spoiled by a too low or high difficulty setting
from previous Skyrim sessions. If you consider the game too difficult or too easy with our default settings,
you can adjust the damage by using the MCM options Difficulty - Damage dealt and Difficulty - Damage
taken. Furthermore, you can also combine these settings with Weapon Damage Factor to finetune the
ratio between magic and might damage to your liking.
2.3. Font selection
By default, Requiem uses a variant of Smaller Kingthings Petrock fontsM13 . If you dislike this
font, or have issues with accents and umlauts, you can disable it by removing the following files from your
Skyrim installation:
Data\Interface\fontconfig.txt
Data\Interface\fonts_en2.swf
2.4. Optionals
This comprehensive overview describes all options in Requiem and how they can be activated, categorized
by gameplay components. If you are looking for a specific feature, check the alphabetical index instead.
2.4.1. Combat
– Animal poisons do not paralyse: If this option is active, animal poisons will no longer
have a paralysing effect.
– Archery projectile spread: This value determines how accurate enemy archers will aim.
The higher the spread, the lower their average precision will be. This does not affect the accuracy of
spellcasters.
– Armor changeable in combat: By default, Requiem does not allow you to change your
equipped armor (except shields) during combat. With this option, you can disable this restriction.
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– Arrow Weight Factor: This factor scales the weight of arrows and bolts, the default weights
are: 0.1 for light arrows (elven and glass), 0.2 for standard arrows (anything not listed elsewhere), 0.3
for heavy arrows (orcish and dwemer) and 0.5 for massive arrows (ebony, daedric and dragonbone).
– Better Archery: If this setting is enabled, the range penalties for archery will be significantly
reduced.
– Death Reload delay: This setting determines how much time passes between your death
and the forced reload of the latest save. Setting it to zero disables the death cam completely and
instead opens a prompt to reload the last save or return to the main menu.
– Difficulty - Damage dealt: This setting determines how much damage you deal with
your attacks, use this instead of the main menu's difficulty bar to adjust the combat difficulty to
your liking. [Disabling the difficulty bar is merely a safety precaution to prevent new players from
experiencing a too easy or hard Requiem.]
– Difficulty - Damage taken: This setting determines how much damage you take from attacks, use this instead of the main menu's difficulty bar to adjust the combat difficulty to your liking.
[Disabling the difficulty bar is merely a safety precaution to prevent new players from experiencing
a too easy or hard Requiem.]
– Dragons cause no fear: Dragons have an aura of fear, which makes most NPCs flee in
panic, excluding city guards and your followers. This option can be used to disable this aura.
– Essential Actors invincible: This option restores the death-protection from the essential
flag for actors. [Note that a few actors are immune to the killing effect anyway, since Skyrim has
two different mechanims for being essential, of which only one can be easily circumvented.]
– Exhaustion causes no Slowdown: You will no longer suffer from a significantly reduced movement speed when your health or stamina are low.
– Exhaustion does not disarm: Usually, each enemy attack has a chance to disarm you,
if you are out of stamina. With this option you can disable this feature.
– Fearless and steadfast enemies: Requiem features a Fear&Yield system, to deliver a
more realistic approach to the yielding from Vanilla Skyrim. This option can be used to disable this
feature.
– Heavy Armor drains no stamina: Disables the stamina drain for wearing heavy armor
without training and the sprinting penalty.
– Horse Trample disabled: This option disabled the trample effect from charging horses.
– Maximal Resistances: This value defines the maximal resistance of any kind you can acquire. A higher resistance value has no effect, unless your opponent has a resistance-reducing attack.
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– Unbreakable Bows: If enabled, low quality wooden bows and crossbows will no longer
break when you are hit in melee or by a spell.
– Weapon Damage Factor: This is the global factor for the weapon damage.
2.4.2. Magic
– Casting unhindered by armor: This option negates all penalties on your spell casting
costs for wearing armor.
– Enchantment charging untrained: This option reverts the recharging of magical
weapons to the vanilla functionality, e.g. you will no longer require the second rank of the basic
enchantment perk or a scroll from a court wizard to recharge your equipment with filled soulgems.
– Enchantment Effectiveness: This optional can be used to reduce the effectiveness of all
enchantments used by the player.
– Potion Effectiveness: This optional can be used to reduce the effectiveness of all potions
for the player, including poisons used by the player.
2.4.3. Skills & Perks
– Attribute points per Level: This value determines how many points of magicka, health
or stamina you acquire when reaching a new level.
– Carry Weight modificator: This value is added (or subtracted) from your total carryweight.
– Crossbow Bolts craftable: If enabled you do not require the knowledge from the Dawnguard to craft crossbow bolts at the forge.
– CW bonus per Stamina increment: This option controls how many points of extra
carry weight you obtain upon increasing your stamina when leveling up.
– Followers are pack mules: This setting will grant 100 extra carry weight to all followers.
[This does not affect mod-added followers in the present implementation.]
– Jump Height Factor: This factor determines how high your character can jump.
– Locks pickable without perks: If this option is enabled, lockpicking no longer requires
you to have the related perk to open a lock of the given difficulty.
– Pickpocketing without perks: This option allows you to pick pockets without any
prerequisites. Normally, you need at least the basic perk to have any chances at all.
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– Racial Skillrates disabled: If this option is enabled, your character will not benefit
from any racial skill rate boni.
– Recycling is not allowed: While active, this options hides all crafting options which
convert equipment and clutter items back into ingots.
– Shouting Experience disabled: With this option, the experience system for shouts can
be disabled. By default, Requiem grants you passive boni for your shouts, depending on how often
you used them.
– Skillrate Factor: This options adjusts your experience gained for using any of your skills by
the given factor.
– Smithing books non-mandatory: If this option is active, you can choose smithing
perks without having the corresponding crafting manual in your inventory.
– Training units per level: This setting determines how many training lessons you may
take between two levelups.
2.4.4. Atmosphere
– Cell respawn time: This defines the time which is required to pass before a cell will respawn.
Keep in mind that entering the cell resets the timer.
– Cleared cell respawn time: This defines the time which is required to pass before a cell
marked as cleared will respawn. Keep in mind that entering the cell resets the timer.
– Dragon random spawn interval: This setting determines the minimal time that needs
to pass between two consecutive random dragon spawns.
– Fast Travel Allowed: If this setting is enabled, you can use the fast travel mechanism,
which is usually disabled by Requiem.
– Gold coin weight: The weight each gold coin has.
– Heartbeat threshold: This threshold defines when the heartbeat sound begins to notify
you about your wounds. If you do not want the heartbeat at all, set the value to 0%.
– Meridia does not hate Vampires: If this option is enabled, Meridias wrath will not
burn vampires to a cinder, who dare to touch her beacon or Dawnbreaker.
– Poisons without visual effects: This option disables the image space modifiers for poison
and disease effects.
– Running causes no Exhaustion: You will no longer become exhausted while running
and your magicka also regenerates normally.
– Slower Horses: This option decreases the speed of all horses by about 25%.
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– Timescale: This value determines the ratio between real-time and game-time. By default, one
real-time minute corresponds to 10 ingame minutes in Requiem.
– Vampires raid randomly: If this option is enabled, vampires will start random raids on
villages and towns again, as they did in the original Dawnguard questline.
2.4.5. Compability & Debug
– Armor Training Debug Mode: If you suspect that the granted armor experience for
wandering around is calculated incorrectly, you can activate this debug mode to see which pieces of
equipment contribute.
– Attack Speed Dummy deactivated: Requiem uses an 'Attack Speed Dummy' to allow
for stacking attack speed buffs. If a second mod does the same, you can use this option to disable
the one from Requiem to prevent superfast attacks.
– Impact Effects Debug Mode: If you encounter impact effects (magicka/stamina drain,
stagger, breaking bows, disarm) when they should not be there you can use this debug mode to trace
back the source of the impact. Beware of concentration spells, they generate a lot of impact events
and therefore message boxes in a short time.
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2.5. Alphabetical
Option Index
Animal poisons do not paralyse
Archery projectile spread
Armor Training Debug Mode
Armor changeable in combat
Arrow Weight Factor
Attack Speed Dummy deactivated
Attribute points per Level
Better Archery
CW bonus per Stamina increment
Carry Weight modificator
Casting unhindered by armor
Cell respawn time
Cleared cell respawn time
Crossbow Bolts craftable
Death Reload delay
Difficulty - Damage dealt
Difficulty - Damage taken
Dragon random spawn interval
Dragons cause no fear
Enchantment Effectiveness
Enchantment charging untrained
Essential Actors invincible
Exhaustion causes no Slowdown
Exhaustion does not disarm
Fast Travel Allowed
Fearless and steadfast enemies
Followers are pack mules
Gold coin weight
Heartbeat threshold
Heavy Armor drains no stamina
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Horse Trample disabled
Impact Effects Debug Mode
Jump Height Factor
Locks pickable without perks
Maximal Resistances
Meridia does not hate Vampires
Pickpocketing without perks
Poisons without visual effects
Potion Effectiveness
Racial Skillrates disabled
Recycling is not allowed
Running causes no Exhaustion
Shouting Experience disabled
Skillrate Factor
Slower Horses
Smithing books non-mandatory
Timescale
Training units per level
Unbreakable Bows
Vampires raid randomly
Weapon Damage Factor
Frequently Asked
Questions
3. Frequently asked questions
3. Frequently asked questions
This section of the manual covers questions asked repeatedly on the Nexus. They are ordered by category
and then by keywords (highlighted in boldface). In addition, there is an index of all questions at the end
of the chapter. If you find this sorting insufficient, feel free to use the search function of your PDF-viewer
(in general Control+F) or share useful improvement suggestions on the Nexus. Questions posted on the
Nexus which you could answer yourself by reading this section, I am not very likely to answer. Answering
them over and over again is a waste of time, time I can put to better use by implementing new features. So
do yourself a favor and read this FAQ, in the end it will be much faster than writing a post on the nexus
and waiting until somebody cares to answer an ever repeating question. If your question is not covered by
this section, you are of course welcome to post it on the Nexus.
3.1. Questions related to Combat
– Why are my arrows useless against undead?
Undeads have no vital organs you could pierce with an arrow. Therefore, these creatures reanimated
by dark magic have a very high resistance against normal arrows. The only way to harm them with
arrows are silvered ones or elemental arrows.
– Do you know that your balance is insane? I am fresh out of Helgen and
bandits kill me with one power attack from their battleaxes.
The world is no longer leveled. Therefore you can encounter high level enemies (or packs of lower
level enemies) at any time if you travel in the wrong areas. Choose your battles wisely and keep
in mind that you no longer start as the overpowered Dragonborn. (Or as alexels would state it:
Welcome to Requiem, a.k.a. "Harden up, princess")
– Why does my bow vanish when I am hit in melee or by a spell?
Flimsy wooden bows are not very robust, do not expect them to withstand the strike of a mace or
fireball. Higher material bows do not suffer from this problem.
– Why did I just drop my weapon in the midst of combat?
If you are out of stamina, each enemy attack has a certain chance to disarm you.
– After my first fights, I am half dead and have no means of healing. How
do I heal without natural regeneration and no money for a healing potion?
You can make some coin by working as a lumberjack for people like Hod in Riverwood or Hulda from
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the Bannered Mare Inn in Whiterun. Another possibility in other locations is working at the local
mine and selling your yield to the mine's foreman.
For some enemies, like raised undead and vampires, the healthbar does
not change after an attack. What am I doing wrong?
Nothing, this is the consequence of an engine limitation. The healthbar you see only reflects the
base health of the NPC. Therefore, if he has an fortify health effect, you first have to deal sufficient
damage to negate this effect before you see any changes in the healthbar. Alternatively, es have a
fortify health bonus and a high arrow resistance; if you attack them with non-silvered arrows, you
will find them almost invincible.
Why does my magicka reduce with each hit?
Being hit makes you loose your mental focus, therefore you suffer from this penalty for each hit. There
are several ways to counter this effect: you can acquire the Focused Mind perk from the restoration
school or get an enchanted item with the "Spellpower (Rank II)" enchantment. Another way is the
use of spells which protect you against impact effect, currently the only option is the sophisticaed
Illusion spell "Shadow Shield" when empowered.
How can I kill regenerating enemies like trolls or spriggans?
Read the "Bestiary of Skyrim", this book will give you a lot useful hints how to fight against various
creatures.
Why does my stamina reduce with each hit?
This is the physical counterpart to the magicka drain on hit. You can prevent the stamina damage
by blocking the incoming attack , but this will cost you some stamina for the time you maintain
the block and for the deflected damage too. So this will likely not reduce your stamina expenses
significantly, but you will probably live much longer with blocking! Furthermore, the second rank
of the basic blocking perk grants you a small adrenaline rush for each successful block , immediately
restoring some stamina points. This effect can also be blocked by spells protecting against impact
effects.
3.2. Questions related to Magic
– How can I cancel sustained spells (Blur, Invisibility, ...) before I am out
of magicka?
Normal sustained spells can be released by simply recasting them for free and without creating any
noise. Hiding spells are a special case and dispelled by using the voice-type lesser power "Break
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Hiding". The special treatment of hiding spells has the advantage that you do not need to wield a
spell for the dispel, decreasing your chances to be detected.
– Why does every spell cost a ridiculous amount of magicka?
Most likely you are wearing a set of heavy armor and are not trained in the ways of the battle mage.
Your worn equipment influences your casting casts (and other abilities) and without the heavy armor
perks for the respective spell tiers this likely results in uncastable spells.
– Why does recharging my enchanted weapon have no effect?
Enchanting is a fine craft and not for everyone. To recharge your weapons with soulgems you need
the second rank of the basic perk. As an alternative you can also buy scrolls from the court wizards
which grant you this power temporarily.
3.3. Questions related to Skills and Perks
– Why are the illusion perks for spell mastery unavailable despite having
the required skill?
As indicated by the description of these perks, you need to become proficient with the mentioned
spells first. In practice this means that you must know at least one of these spells.
– Is it intended that lockpicks always break, even in the opening spot?
Lockpicking is a complex art that not every brutish warrior understands. To have any chances at
all, you will need the basic lockpicking perk. If you do not want to invest into lockpicking you can
also simply bash the locks from wooden objects (up to adept locks) by attacking the object. If you are
strong enough (depends on health and stamina), the lock will break , altough this is not immediately
displayed, since the context-sensitive text under the crosshair only updates if you change the focus.
– Why are the mutation perks (alchemy) unselectable despite having the
required skill?
To acquire one of these perks, you need to have the indicated ingredient(s) in your inventory. Since
conservation of matter usually holds in Nirn, crafting a mutagen out of nothing is a non-trivial
task.
– I cannot acquire smithing perk XYZ, despite I have the required skill, what
am I doing wrong?
Most smithing perks require you to have a crafting manual in your inventory. "The Craftman's
Manual" required for the basic perk is for sale at every blacksmith. Higher rank books may sometimes
be found for sale or can be found on your travels.
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3.4. Questions related to Quests
– My stamina drains while standing still, why does this happen?
This happens if you wear heavy armor without having at least some basic training. Take the first
heavy armor perk and you no longer suffer from this.
3.4. Questions related to Quests
– When I try to start the Dawnguard questline, I am attacked by the Dawnguard for no reason?
The Dawnguard is no longer a bunch of idiots who can be fooled by their archnemesis. To start the
Dawnguard questline, you therefore have to cure your vampirism first. An alternative start of the
questline is not available at this time, but might be added in the future.
– Since this mod has no Dragonborn support, what can I do if I want to play
the DLC anyway?
You should install the Unofficial Requiem - DragonbornM34 patch, made by azirokP21 , before
you visit Solstheim.
3.5. Questions related to Atmosphere
– How do I access the inventory of my horse or undead thrall?
Target the actor in question and use the lesser power "Search". This power can also be used to
confiscate items from humaniods who have yielded to you.
– Why do I die instantly when becoming a vampire?
There are several possible reasons: first of all, there is the damage health effect from the infection,
which varies in strength depending on how you got infected. Then there also is the sun damage and
Meridia. The Lady of Infinite Energies despises undead, so do not even think about touching her
beacon or Dawnbreaker.
– Why do the divines refuse to bless me?
Either you have committed too many crimes in your life and will not be blessed from any god any
more, or a specific action of yours has upset the deity in question. For example Talos will no longer
bless you when you joined the imperial army. If you committed too many crimes, you can consider
acquiring the perk "Painful Regrets" (restoration tree, becomes available once you passed the crime
limits) to increase the limits of crimes tolerated by the gods. However, the price is high: You will no
longer recieve any special blessing effects by pleasing a god and you will suffer permanent debuffs.
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And if a particular god is upset about your past actions, even this repention will not help you to
regain his favor. For a more complete review of this topic, consider the changelog. This aspect of
Requiem will likely be reworked soon and released as a minor update for version 1.7.
– What is going wrong when the healing poultice has no effect?
Everything is working correctly, the healing mush provides you with a slow regeneration in the form
of a 50% boost on your healrate. This will regenerate your health slowly but steadily over time. You
can either use it as a background regeneration on your travels or take one before resting to heal your
wounds during sleeping.
– Why does my health not regenerate?
This is an inherent feature of Requiem. If you want to restore your health regeneration, you need a
fortify heal rate effect ("Health regenerates X% faster"). However, be aware that health regeneration
itself is strongly reduced, even if you have such an effect.
– Why does running drain my stamina?
This is an inherent feature of Requiem, in analogy to Morrowind.
– How I can prevent that running reduces the magicka regeneration?
You have two options: Either you acquire the "Focused Mind" perk from the restoration school or
you acquire a permanent fortify magic effect, either from an enchanted item or from the mage stone.
3.6. Questions related to Compability
with other mods
– Why am I stuck forever with a blank screen when I start a new game?
This is most likely a mod conflict between Requiem and Alternate Start - Live Another
LifeM7 (or any other mod changing the first mainquest), which you can easily solve by loading this
mod after Requiem, as advised in the Quickstart guide.
– Whenever I hover over a Requiem book in my inventory the game crashes,
what am I doing wrong?
This is a clear indicator for missing Requiem textures and meshes. Most likely you have installed a
minor update without following the instructions given in the quickstart guide.
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3.6. Questions related to Compability with other mods
– What goes wrong if I have BOSSed my loadorder but Requiem still behaves
strange?
It most likely is a mod conflict, because BOSS is not perfect. In fact, BOSS places Requiem in the
middle of your load-order and therefore causes other mods to overwrite parts of Requiem. Place
Requiem at the end of your loadorder and see if the problem persists.
– Are weapon/armor mods compatible with Requiem or will they be imbalanced?
If the armor/weapon is balanced in Vanilla Skyrim, its statistics will be balanced in Requiem as
well, because we mainly use scaling techniques instead of adjusting the statistics for all items by
hand.
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3.7. FAQ - Index
What goes wrong if I have BOSSed my loadorder
but Requiem still behaves strange?
When I try to start the Dawnguard questline, I am
attacked by the Dawnguard for no reason?
Since this mod has no Dragonborn support, what
can I do if I want to play the DLC anyway?
How do I access the inventory of my horse or undead
thrall?
Why are my arrows useless against undead?
Do you know that your balance is insane? I am fresh
out of Helgen and bandits kill me with one power
attack from their battleaxes.
Why am I stuck forever with a blank screen when I
start a new game?
Whenever I hover over a Requiem book in my inventory the game crashes, what am I doing wrong?
Why does my bow vanish when I am hit in melee or
by a spell?
How can I cancel sustained spells (Blur, Invisibility, ...) before I am out of magicka?
Why do I die instantly when becoming a vampire?
Why do the divines refuse to bless me?
Why did I just drop my weapon in the midst of combat?
Why does every spell cost a ridiculous amount of
magicka?
After my first fights, I am half dead and have no
means of healing. How do I heal without natural
regeneration and no money for a healing potion?
What is going wrong when the healing poultice has
no effect?
Why does my health not regenerate?
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For some enemies, like raised undead and vampires,
the healthbar does not change after an attack. What
am I doing wrong?
Why are the illusion perks for spell mastery unavailable despite having the required skill?
Is it intended that lockpicks always break, even in
the opening spot?
Why are the mutation perks (alchemy) unselectable
despite having the required skill?
Why does recharging my enchanted weapon have no
effect?
Why does my magicka reduce with each hit?
How can I kill regenerating enemies like trolls or
spriggans?
Why does running drain my stamina?
How I can prevent that running reduces the magicka regeneration?
I cannot acquire smithing perk XYZ, despite I have
the required skill, what am I doing wrong?
My stamina drains while standing still, why does
this happen?
Why does my stamina reduce with each hit?
Are weapon/armor mods compatible with Requiem
or will they be imbalanced?
Part II
Player's Handbook
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Combat
4. Combat
4. Combat
Combat is much more deadly in Requiem than before. If you want to survive, you will need to use every
tactic at your disposal to gain the upper hand in a fight. No longer can you take several blows from a
warhammer without flinching, even a single sweep from a battleaxe or a well-aimed arrow are often deadly
for those foolish enough to engage their enemies without any protection. But with the right strategy…
The major changes to combat compared to Vanilla Skyrim are:
– combat is much more lethal
– armor is mandatory to survive direct fights
– blocking is now essential to survive combat
– normal attacks now cost stamina
– normal bash attacks no longer stagger your enemy but still interrupt power attacks
– new special attacks like a bull rush or a mounted charge to trample down your foes
– different weapon types now have their unique weaknesses and strengths
– wooden (cross)bows now will break when hit in melee or by a spell
– being out of stamina leads to severe penalties
– each hit you take now has side-effects (called ``impact effects'')
– when enemies yield, they actually do so, instead of backstabbing you five seconds later
While you are out of stamina, your blocking efficiency is dramatically reduced, you move slower and you
can easily be disarmed by enemy attacks. So think twice before you charge head-on into battle and waste
all your stamina to bring down the first foe in an instant with a charge attack…
Each time you suffer a hit, your concentration is broken, resulting in a magicka and stamina loss. Furthermore, you can also be staggered. The secondary damage and stagger change depend on the type of enemy
attack and range from 10 points per one-handed attack to 35 for a two-handed power-attack. The stamina
damage can be negated by successfully blocking the attack and the magicka damage can be negated by
having a fortify magicka enchantment or the Focused Mind perk from the restoration school. The stagger
chance is related to your armor rating, the higher it is, the less likely you will be staggered and a successful
block helps as well.
This chapter will give you a short overview of the things you should know regarding your equipment and
then covers special attacks and combat related skills in detail, including a detailed list of the available
Special attacks.
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4.1. Defense - Armors Types and Blocking
4.1. Defense - Armors Types and Blocking
Armor, be it light or heavy, plays a key role in surviving combat. All armors now grant significantly higher
armor ratings than in vanilla Skyrim. Especially heavy armor grants a lot of protection, allowing you to
often shrug off several melee attacks and is almost impenetrable for standard arrows, despite Requiem's
high weapon damage.
The key difference between light and heavy armor are their offered protection and encumbrance. While
light armor offers only limited protection, it can be worn with relative ease. The massive protection bonuses
from heavy armor on the other hand come with the price of a high encumbrance. Apart from having a much
higher weight, heavy armor also requires a lot of training. Do not even think about wearing it without
some basic training, you will be exhausted very soon just by standing around.
Besides the fact that most basic heavy armor perks just negate penalties while light armor perks grant
benefits right from the start, there is also the matter of the armor weight. Armor weight no longer only
eats up a part of your carry weight, it also actively affects your combat performance. The more weight
your worn equipment* has, the more difficult it will become to knock you to the ground, while your own
knockdown attacks are more likely to succeed. However, being as massively armored tank also has some
disadvantages:
– your movement speed reduces proportionally to your armor weight and you make more noises, making
sneaking more and more difficult
– your spell casting costs increase with the weight of your armor, especially for heavy ones the consequences can be dramatic for the apprentice mage†
– your falling damage increases with the weight of your armor
– the stamina costs for normal attacks also increase with the weight of your armor
– executing power attacks in heavy armor costs you extra until you have the respective perk
Another important part of surviving combat is blocking enemy attacks. If you have at least some experience
with blocking, a successful block will significantly reduce the inflicted damage and reduce the chance to
be staggered.
* This includes your current weapon(s).
† Details can be found in The mass effect - how the weight of your equipment changes everything
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4.1.1. Heavy Armor Perks
A heavy armor is a warrior's second skin, transforming him into a mobile stronghold. It provides vital
protection against melee weapons and is almost impenetrable for the unskilled archer. The experienced
combatant can even transform his armor into a weapon by barreling head-on into his unfortunate foe.
However, this type of equipment requires a lot of training until it can be used effectively. Do not even
think about wearing it without some basic training.
Figure 4.1.: Heavy armor reflects a warrior's talent in wearing heavy armor and fighting in it.
JuggerBattle
naught (100)
Mage (100)
Combat
Meditation (75)
Power of the
Combatant (75)
Combat
Trance (50)
Fortitude (50)
Combat
Casting (25)
Relentless
Onslaught (20)
Conditioning (0)
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Combat
Training (25)
4.1. Defense - Armors Types and Blocking
– Conditioning
[requires skill 0]
Description: You've accustomed yourself to wearing heavy armor, allowing you to not become
tired just by wearing it.
– Relentless Onslaught
[requires skill 20]
Description: After extensive training you now can sprint in heavy armor without problems.
Your familarity with your armor also allows you to deflect most melee attacks harmlessly while bull
rushing.
– Combat Casting
[requires skill 25]
Description: You're able to keep concentrated enough in heavy armor to cast fundamental and
advanced spells without severe penalties.
– Combat Training
[requires skill 25]
Description: You require no extra stamina for power attacks when wearing heavy armor and
your gauntlets improve your unarmed damage.
– Combat Trance
[requires skill 50]
Description: Your heavy armor distracts you even less, allowing you to cast sophisticated spells
with almost no penalty.
– Fortitude
[requires skill 50]
Description: Your training made you stronger. You receive additional stamina and an increased
carry weight.
– Combat Meditation
[requires skill 75]
Description: You're accustomed to your heavy armor so much that you can now cast even superior
spells with relative ease.
– Power of the Combatant
[requires skill 75]
Description: Once a day, you can now push yourself to continue fighting, allowing you to regenerate stamina very fast.
– Battle Mage
[requires skill 100]
Description: You have mastered spellcasting while wearing heavy armor and now can even cast
masterly spells with ease. Bolstered by wearing your full heavy armor, you can concentrate even
more and cast all spells easier.
– Juggernaught
[requires skill 100]
Description: You've reached perfection in the skill of wearing heavy armor, decreasing its weight,
increasing its protection and your overall maneuverability in it.
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4.1.2. Evasion Perks
Evasion is the art of using mobility and agility for the personal defense. All perks from this perktree can be
used as long as you only wear clothes and light armor. The use of any heavy armor restricts your movements
too much to benefit from this skill.
Figure 4.2.: Evasion is the art to evade enemy blows and allows a character to defend efficiently if he
wears only light or even no armor.
Meteoric
Reflexes (100)
Windrunner (75)
Combat
Reflexes (75)
Vexing
Flanker (50)
Dexterity (50)
Agile Spellcasting (50)
Finesse (25)
Dodge (20)
Agility (0)
– Agility
[requires skill 0]
Description: You can move much more swiftly, decreasing all falling damage greatly and increasing your movement speed.
– Dodge
[requires skill 20]
Description: Your trained reflexes allow you to dodge incoming blows when wearing no heavy
armor. By suddenly rushing sidewards you now can often escape your hostile attacks.
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Notes: To use this power ingame, press the sprint button, while moving sidewards. You can also
dodge backwards, but this is usually less effective.
– Finesse
[requires skill 25]
Description: You inflict increased damage with all your power attacks, for you're able to hit more
precisely.
– Agile Spellcasting
[requires skill 50]
Description: You learned how to avoid the limitations light armors bestow upon somatic spell
components. Thus, you can cast spells in them unhindered.
– Dexterity
[requires skill 50]
Description: You are able to balance your weapon better. Thus, you can decrease the effort to
execute power attacks.
– Vexing Flanker
[requires skill 50]
Description: You deal more damage with melee weapons while you are running, for you have
learned to flank your enemies with ease.
– Combat Reflexes
[requires skill 75]
Description: You've gained the ability to act faster in combat, though doing so will quickly
exhaust you.
– Windrunner
[requires skill 75]
Description: Your training increased your endurance and allows you to regenerate Stamina when
running and to regenerate it even faster while not wearing any Heavy Armor.
– Meteoric Reflexes
[requires skill 100]
Description: Your reflexes are lightning fast and grant you a chance to decrease the damage of
incoming melee attacks while not wearing any Heavy Armor.
4.1.3. Block Perks
Blocking is the warrior's primary survival skill; without blocking many incoming blows can prove fatal.
An experienced warrior can even turn his trusted shield into a mighty offensive weapon to stagger or knock
down his enemies.
– Improved Blocking
[requires skill 0]
Description: You strengthened your shield arm and trained to parry blows a little, thus you can
now block somewhat better.
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Figure 4.3.: Blocking reflects a warrior's skill in parrying and deflecting blows and his aptitude with a
shield.
Unstoppable
Charge (100)
Disarming
Bash (75)
Defensive
Stance (75)
Elemental
Protection (50)
Overpowering
Bashes (50)
Strong
Grip (15)
Experienced
Blocking (20)
Powerful
Bashes (25)
Improved
Blocking (0)
– Strong Grip
[requires skill 15]
Description: You hold on to your shield like you would hold on to your life. Blocking is even
more effective and your equipped shield weighs less.
– Experienced Blocking
[requires skill 20]
Description: Be it with a weapon or a shield - you can block almost any blow with a rock-solid
confidence. Also, when being hit while blocking, you feel the adrenaline rushing through your veins,
granting you a slight stamina bonus.
– Powerful Bashes
[requires skill 25]
Description: By gathering your strength for a short while, you can perform a much more powerful
bash. Bashing an enemy like this with your shield or the pommel of your two-handed weapon will
likely put him off balance.
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– Elemental Protection
[requires skill 50]
Description: You've learned how to block damaging spells so that you can now increase your
resistance against them when blocking with a shield.
– Overpowering Bashes
[requires skill 50]
Description: You put all of your power into your shield bashes, often overpowering your foes.
They will be staggered much more now and likely will even trip and fall.
– Defensive Stance
[requires skill 75]
Description: You have honed your defensive movements to perfection. Therefore, blocking incoming attacks will no longer slow you down.
– Disarming Bash
[requires skill 75]
Description: Sometimes, you are able to hit your foes with your bashes so precisely that they drop
their weapon because of the pain.
– Unstoppable Charge
[requires skill 100]
Description: When bull rushing with your shield raised, you are a tremendous force to deal with.
In addition to likely being knocked down, your unfortunate enemies will also suffer serious wounds
from the impact itself.
4.2. Offense - Weapon Types and Special
Attacks
Different types of weapons now also have more distinguishable properties. While swords remain the fast
and agile all-round weapons of choice, axes and blunt weapons now have good reasons to be used too. A
sword may slice an unarmored opponent with a few slashes, but you will run into severe trouble if your
opponent is a heavily armored juggernaut. This is when a warhammer really comes in handy, especially
if you have the perks to use it properly. An axe on the other hand might be especially useful against
certain creatures, like Draugr (no veins to open, no organs to crush, so chop off their limbs) or Spriggans
(essentially they are living firewood…) Bows are now extremely powerful, a single arrow might easily take
out an unarmored foe, but beware, your effective combat range is skill-determined and your bow is of little
use against heavily armored combatants. Crossbows on the other hand have a natural armor penetration,
but suffer from a longer reloading time than bows need to redraw them.
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4.2.1. Special attacks
Requiem features a number of special attacks you can execute to turn the tide to your favor. Some of these
attacks are available for everybody, some can be upgraded with perks and others can be used only when
you have a given perk. More information on the mechanics behind the knockdown effects can be found in
Knockdown attacks.
Bull Rush
The enemy stands in your way and won't let you pass? Then just charge and barrel into him with full force,
knocking him off his feet! If you sprint* directly into your enemy without executing any attacks. When
you hit the enemy, you have a certain chance to knock him down, which mainly depends on your mass
ratio.† In any case you will stagger him and deal some damage proportional to your mass, while he will
stop your charge. With the perk Relentless Onslaught you will be able to sprint in heavy armor without
tiring in an instant. Furthermore, it significantly reduces the damage you take from melee attacks while
bull rushing. The perk Unstoppable Charge allows you to block while charging and, especially in heavy
armor, the confidence gained by your trusty shield makes you move faster than when doing a normal bull
rush. Furthermore, the perk significantly enhances the effectiveness of your bull rush when you charge
with your shield raised, dealing way more damage.
Mounted Charge Attack
As an alternative to a normal bull rush attack you can also charge with your trusted steed into battle. Just
sprint straight into your enemy, as you would do for a bull rush and let your horse trample them into the
ground. The main advantage in comparison to the bull rush is that your horse's mass is combined with your
own to determine the impact force, a successful knockdown is therefore more likely. As for the bull rush,
you first need to build up some momentum before you can trample somebody (or something, in principle you
can also bull rush or trample creatures) and your charge will end after hitting the first target.
* You need to sprint for at least two seconds before the impact to acquire enough momentum.
† See the appendix for details about knockdown chances.
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4.2. Offense - Weapon Types and Special Attacks
Shield and Weapon Bashes
While you are blocking, you can perform a bash attack to strike your enemy with the hilt of your weapon.
A normal bash attack , as any character can perform, is of little use in most cases since the enemy won't
be thrown off-balance. If you however manage to time your bash attack such that you intercept a power
attack , your enemy will be in serious trouble, his own attack countered and at the same time off-balance.
Bashing becomes much more useful with a shield at your disposal and some training. With the perk Powerful Bashes you can perform a stronger bash attack with your shield or the pommel of your two-handed
weapon that will often stagger your enemy. Overpowering Bashes increases the impact of your shield
bashes even further, possibly to the point where the enemy completely looses his balance and falls down,
making your shield as much weapon as life saver.
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Magic
5. Magic
5. Magic
Apart from lots of new spells, Requiem introduces a few other significant changes to the magic system in
Skyrim. First of all, your skill will no longer have any significant impact on the casting cost for a spell,
however, with the right perks, it can contribute to your spells magnitude and/or duration and enhance
them far beyond their normal strength. As an alternative to buying new spells from vendors or finding
them on your travels you also can learn new spells by learning magic perks. Another important change is
that magicka damage no longer prevents magicka regeneration. The concept of ``dualcasting'' was replaced
by ``empowering'', although except for illusion this is currently a purely cosmetic change.
The most drastic change so far is the illusion school which features completely new mechanics, which will
be carried over to other magic schools in future versions.
– Dynamic resistances replace the predetermined outcome (illusion) spells had before with a
statistical and skill-based approach. Whenever you cast an offensive (illusion) spell, like Frightening
Orb or Hibernation Spray, your skill is weighted against the mental strength of the target and a
resistance chance is calculated. The target then can break free in regular intervals, depending on
this resistance chance.
– Sustained spells are a new type of defensive spells, which have a virtually infinite duration
and comparably small casting costs. Instead, these spells drain your magicka continuously until you
are out of magicka or decide to release the spell. Releasing a spell is done by recasting it, which does
not cost you any magicka and does not cause any noises. In contrast to Vanilla spells, they do not
give you a fixed amount of XP when casting them, but instead a continuous stream of XP while
they remain active.
– Empowered spells are a replacement for the Dualcasting scheme. Instead of multiplying all
magnitudes and durations by a given factor, empowered spells have all new effects, making the spell
often way more powerful than its common version. In contrast to dualcasted spells, empowered
spells also have a tier-dependent cost-factor, ranging from 130% for fundamental spells up to 170%
for masterly spells.
Once you have at least the fundamental perk of the respective school, your spells will begin to become more
powerful and last longer and learning more perks from the school increases the effect further* :
– Fundamental : All spells are 1% more effective per skillpoint you have
– Advanced : All spells of tier ``advanced'' and higher are 2% more effective per skillpoint you have
* The effects are not stacking, but replace the effect of the previous perks
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– Sophisticated : All spells of tier ``sophisticated'' and higher are 3% more effective per skillpoint
you have
– Superior : All spells of tier ``superior'' and higher are 4% more effective per skillpoint you have
– Masterly : All spells of tier ``masterly'' are 5% more effective per skillpoint you have
In addition to a detailed description of the schools and their spells* , this manual also has an alphabetic
index of all spells. Finally, a short definition about magical terms:
– Empowering a spell is done like dualcasting in Vanilla Skyrim (equip the spell in both hands
and then cast simultaneously). This consumes more magicka, but gives rise to completely new effects
the normal version does not have (Illusion spells) or increases the magnitude/duration of the spell
(all other schools)
– Augmenting a spell means that your proficiency gives you a passive bonus to the spells duration
and/or magnitude. The source for this usually is the above explained spell scaling.
5.1. Illusion
The school of illusion offers the ability to control other individuals' minds and their perception of the
surroundings. The arsenal of spells ranges from invisibility effects and charming touches up to suicide
commands and the shaping of shadows.
The school of illusion is divided into two subsections: environmental manipulation and mind control. The
latter allows you to control the action of your enemies (and friends). Environmental manipulation on the
other hand is focused on concealing your presence. Those who master their environment will eventually
become powerful enough to actually shape the shadows into reality rather than constructing mere illusions.
In contrast to the original illusion school in Skyrim, the spells are no longer subject to level bounds. All
mind affecting spells can be cast on almost any enemy with full effect. The only exceptions† are:
– Undead are immune to anything below the ``Sophisticated'' tier.
– Daedra and Automatons can only be affected by the ``Superior'' tier spells or higher.
– Dragons are immune to all illusion spells.
* For now, only illusion spells are included.
† These are implemention-based restrictions, the long-term goal is to simply give these creature types a higher natural resistance.
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The level bound is replaced by a dynamic resistance chance which depends on the illusion skill of the caster
compared to magicka, illusion skill, level and magic resistance of the target (see section 6.1 for details).
This chance is evaluated directly after the spell's impact and every two seconds thereafter. Once the target
manages to resist the spell, it will be dispelled. If the target resists the spell directly on impact, it will
vanish without any effects. These spells grant no experience when cast, but give you an continuous stream
of XP as long as they affect the target.
5.1.1. Illusion Perks
Apart from the listed skill requirements all perks which affect a specific group of spells (like Visual Manipulation) have the additional requirement that you must know at least one of the mentioned spells.
Figure 5.1.: The School of Illusion involves manipulating the perception of the weak-minded.
PhantasDominamagoria (90)
tion (90)
Shadow
Environmental Shaping (70)
Manipulation (65)
Masterly
Illusion (80)
Superior
Illusion (60)
Sophisticated
Illusion (40)
Visual Manip- Advanced
Illusion (20)
ulation (35)
Acoustic Manipulation (25)
Fundamental
Illusion (0)
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Obliterate the
Mind (70)
Pain and
Agony (50)
Otherwordly
Phantasms (45)
Delusive
Phantasms (15)
5.1. Illusion
– Fundamental Illusion
[requires skill 0]
Description: You've taught yourself a few fundamental spells and learned how to cast them
with decreased effort while your newfound knowledge also allows you to augment the strength and
duration of all Illusion spells.
– Delusive Phantasms
[requires skill 15]
Description: You have studied the most common spell formulae that affect basic emotions like
fear, calmness and courage. Thus, you can empower related spells and increase their overall effectiveness.
– Advanced Illusion
[requires skill 20]
Description: By further studying Illusion, you've gained knowledge of some advanced spells
which you can now cast with less effort. You also learned to augment the strength and duration of
Illusion spells further.
– Acoustic Manipulation
[requires skill 25]
Description: After studying spells like Muffle, Arcane Resonance or Dampening Rune you are
now familiar with manipulating sounds. Thus, you can empower these spells and require less concentration to maintain them.
– Visual Manipulation
[requires skill 35]
Description: You experimented with spells like Dark Vision, Invisibility or Blur to manipulate
your surroundings. After a lot of training you can now empower those spells and concentrating on
them requires less effort.
– Sophisticated Illusion
[requires skill 40]
Description: By advancing even further in the school of Illusion, you've gained some sophisticated spells and learned how to cast them more easily. You also can augment the strength and
duration of Illusion spells even more.
– Otherwordly Phantasms
[requires skill 45]
Description: You have extended your knowledge of affecting emotions, being able to turn your
foes into berserking maniacs or cause them to fall asleep with ease. You also learned how to empower
related spells.
– Pain and Agony
[requires skill 50]
Description: Having studied spells like Phantasmal Pain and Waking Nightmare, you can now
invoke terrible agony in your foes with ease. In addition, you also learned how to empower related
spells.
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– Superior Illusion
[requires skill 60]
Description: You've mastered the higher arts of Illusion and acquired some superior spells and
learned how to cast them more easily. You're also able to augment the strength and duration of
Illusion spells to almost otherworldly extends.
– Environmental Manipulation
[requires skill 65]
Description: After a long training with spells like Shadow Stride, Veil of Silence or Invisibility
and Muffling Spheres you gained a deep insight into the connections between light and sound. You
can now empower these spells and maintain them with less effort.
– Obliterate the Mind
[requires skill 70]
Description: You have studied spells like Fog of Shadows, Phantasmal Killer and Blackout.
Thus, you can now empower them and shatter your foes' minds with ease.
– Shadow Shaping
[requires skill 70]
Description: By studying spells like Shadow Shield or Shadow Simulacrum, you gained even
deeper insights into the weave of shadows. Thus, you can empower them and cast them with less
effort.
– Masterly Illusion
[requires skill 80]
Description: Your knowledge of Illusion has become all-encompassing. You can cast even Master
spells, of which you developed one yourself, with less effort and augment the strength and duration
of Illusion spells beyond mortal limits.
– Domination
[requires skill 90]
Description: Having studied spells like Phantasmal Miasma and Mind Maelstrom, there is no
thinking being that can escape your influence. <Br> Also, these spells can now be empowered and
require less effort while casting and maintaining them.
– Phantasmagoria
[requires skill 90]
Description: You have mastered the most powerful forms of Shadow Magic. Therefore, spells
like Veil of Shadows, Shadow Sanctuary and Mistress of the Dark can now be empowered and cast
with highly decreased efforts.
5.1.2. Illusion Spells
Please note that all spells are listed with their base magnitude and duration. Taking the respective perks
and advancing your skill in this school will dramatically enhance their power.
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– Charming Touch
[Fundamental Illusion, Base Magicka Cost: 150]
Description: The touched target considers the caster a good friend and stops all hostilities for
up to 40 seconds. If empowered, the strain drains 2 magicka and stamina per second.
– Darkvision
[Fundamental Illusion, Base Magicka Cost: 50]
Description: With a whispered word and a magical gestures, the caster's eyes become able to
reveal what lies hidden in the dark. Empowering the spell grants nightvision. Upkeep-Cost: 2
– Frightening Orb
[Fundamental Illusion, Base Magicka Cost: 150]
Description: The caster evokes an orb of vile, red magical energy. If a target is hit by this orb,
it will flee in despair for up to 40 seconds. If empowered, the target is so terrified that it totally
neglects its defense and loses 30 armor rating.
– Lionheart
[Fundamental Illusion, Base Magicka Cost: 150]
Description: The caster's touch inspires valor. The target will not flee and gains 25 extra stamina
and magicka for up to 40 seconds. If empowered, the target will also regenerate these attributes
50% faster.
– Arcane Resonance
[Advanced Illusion, Base Magicka Cost: 150]
Description: The caster creates a loud noise at the target location, distracting nearby enemies.
If empowered, the noise binds the attention of nearby targets to its origin, decreasing their ability
to spot distant targets by 20% for 30 seconds.
– Blur
[Advanced Illusion, Base Magicka Cost: 75]
Description: The caster becomes blurred and takes randomly decreased damage from ranged
attacks and gains 50 armor rating. Empowering the spell significantly improves the ranged damage
reduction. Upkeep-Cost: 5
– Enraging Orb
[Advanced Illusion, Base Magicka Cost: 250]
Description: The target hit by this orb will attack anything nearby for up to 30 seconds. Empowering the spell causes a tireless rage, increasing damage and stamina regeneration by 25%.
– Hibernation Touch
[Advanced Illusion, Base Magicka Cost: 250]
Description: The touched target will fall into a deep slumber for up to 40 seconds. Empowering
causes an uneasy sleep, reducing magicka and stamina regeneration by 30%.
Notes: This spell does not allow you to perform a sneak attack against the target. To instantly kill
the target, you have to use the empowered Nightmare spell.
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– Invisibility
[Advanced Illusion, Base Magicka Cost: 100]
Description: The caster becomes invisible until he interacts with the environment. The caster
also gains 40 armor rating while he cannot be aimed at precisely. If not empowered, the spell breaks
if the caster runs. Upkeep-Cost: 5
Notes: Casting another hiding spell while this spell is active will dispel the old spell immediately.
This spell is released by using the lesser power you gain upon casting the spell, not by recasting it.
– Muffle
[Advanced Illusion, Base Magicka Cost: 80]
Description: The caster muffles his movement, reducing the generated noise by 30%. If not
empowered, the caster can only move at walking speed. Upkeep-Cost: 3
Notes: Casting another hiding spell while this spell is active will dispel the old spell immediately.
This spell is released by using the lesser power you gain upon casting the spell, not by recasting it.
– Rune of Dampening
[Advanced Illusion, Base Magicka Cost: 275]
Description: Places an arcane rune on the ground which absorbs all sound generated by nearby
cast illusion spells. If not empowered, the rune also drains the spell's essence, increasing casting
costs by 20%
– Enraging Rune
[Sophisticated Illusion, Base Magicka Cost: 400]
Description: The targets crossing this rune will attack anything nearby for up to 30 seconds.
Empowering the spell causes a tireless rage, increasing damage and stamina regeneration by 25%.
– Frightening Sphere
[Sophisticated Illusion, Base Magicka Cost: 400]
Description: The caster unleashes an orb which will explode upon impact. Affected targets
will flee in despair for up to 30 seconds. If empowered, the targets are so terrified that they totally
neglect their defenses and loose 25 armor rating.
– Hibernation Spray
[Sophisticated Illusion, Base Magicka Cost: 400]
Description: The targets in the cone will fall into a deep slumber for up to 30 seconds. Empowering causes an uneasy sleep, reducing magicka and stamina regeneration by 30%.
Notes: This spell does not allow you to perform a sneak attack against the target. To instantly kill
the target, you have to use the empowered Nightmare spell.
– Nightmare
[Sophisticated Illusion, Base Magicka Cost: 300]
Description: The touched faces his worst nightmare, dealing 10% less damage for up to 30
seconds. Empowering the spell can kill sleeping targets instantly.
– Phantasmal Pain
[Sophisticated Illusion, Base Magicka Cost: 300]
Description: The touched target believes to have suffered a grievous wound, reducing health by
40 for up to 30 seconds. If empowered, the severe pain also reduces movement speed by 10%.
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– Shadow Shield
[Sophisticated Illusion, Base Magicka Cost: 150]
Description: The caster shifts his body partially out of this plane, raising his armor rating by
30. Empowering the spell grants immunity to most impact effects and increases his attack speed by
10%. Upkeep-Cost: 5
– Shadow Stride
[Sophisticated Illusion, Base Magicka Cost: 100]
Description: The caster becomes invisible until he interacts with the environment. The spell also
increases armor rating by 40 and reduces movement noises by 40%. Sprinting will break the required
concentration for this spell. If the spell is not empowered, running will also break it. Upkeep-Cost:
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Notes: Casting another hiding spell while this spell is active will dispel the old spell immediately.
This spell is released by using the lesser power you gain upon casting the spell, not by recasting it.
– Blackout
[Superior Illusion, Base Magicka Cost: 800]
Description: The caster evokes an orb that causes a mental blackout on impact, draining 10 magicka per second and reducing the magicka regeneration by 50% for up to 24 seconds. If empowered,
the spell also negates the victim's every thought, causing unconsciousness for up to 4 seconds.
– Fog of Shadows
[Superior Illusion, Base Magicka Cost: 750]
Description: The caster evokes vile shadow magic, weaving pure darkness into a maddening fog
that renders those within its bounds more susceptible to illusions for up to 24 seconds. If empowered,
it reduces magicka regeneration and skills by 10%.
– Invisibility Sphere
[Superior Illusion, Base Magicka Cost: 200]
Description: The caster creates a 13 foot wide sphere which renders nearby allies and himself
invisible until they interact with the environment. All inside the sphere also gain 40 armor rating
while they cannot be aimed at precisely. If not empowered, swift movement will break the spell.
Upkeep-Cost: 5
Notes: Casting another hiding spell while this spell is active will dispel the old spell immediately.
This spell is released by using the lesser power you gain upon casting the spell, not by recasting it.
– Muffling Sphere
[Superior Illusion, Base Magicka Cost: 200]
Description: The caster creates a sphere which dampens all sound caused by movement by 40%.
The sphere has a radius of 11 feet. If not empowered, the spell breaks if the caster attempts to move
swiftly. Upkeep-Cost: 3
Notes: Casting another hiding spell while this spell is active will dispel the old spell immediately.
This spell is released by using the lesser power you gain upon casting the spell, not by recasting it.
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– Phantasmal Killer
[Superior Illusion, Base Magicka Cost: 900]
Description: The caster commands a weak-minded humanoid target to kill itself by cutting its
arteries, causing it to faint and die soon after because of the severe loss of blood. Empowering the
spell will cause a terrible heart attack , likely killing the target outright.
– Shadow Simulacrum
[Superior Illusion, Base Magicka Cost: 300]
Description: The caster calls upon the power of shadow magic, weaving darkness into a semireal illusion of a dremora. Those who realize the deception suffer less grievous wounds from him.
Empowering the spell allows the shadow weave to quickly restore itself after being severed. UpkeepCost: 7
– Veil of Silence
[Superior Illusion, Base Magicka Cost: 200]
Description: The caster enshrouds himself in a veil of silencing shadows that absorbs whatever
sound is caused by his illusion spells and 40% of the noises caused by his movement. If not empowered, the caster cannot maintain the spell while moving swiftly. Upkeep-Cost: 6
Notes: Casting another hiding spell while this spell is active will dispel the old spell immediately.
This spell is released by using the lesser power you gain upon casting the spell, not by recasting it.
– Mind Maelstrom
[Masterly Illusion, Base Magicka Cost: 1100]
Description: The caster unleashes an orb which will release a huge mind maelstrom upon impact.
Its victims may be affected randomly by fear or charm effects. If empowered, the victims can also
be affected by frenzy or sleep.
– Mistress of the Dark
[Masterly Illusion, Base Magicka Cost: 500]
Description: The caster calls upon the power of shadow magic, weaving darkness into a semireal illusion of a dremora countess. Those who realize the deception suffer less grievous wounds from
her. Empowering the spell will make her move like lightning. Upkeep-Cost: 5
– Phantasmal Miasma
[Masterly Illusion, Base Magicka Cost: 300]
Description: The caster creates a 10 foot wide sphere of doom and suffering, causing illusions
of painful injuries. Targets who do not resist the spell have their health reduced by 40 as long they
stay within the bounds of the aura. If empowered, the severe pain also reduces movement speed by
10%. Upkeep-Cost: 5
– Shadow Sanctuary
[Masterly Illusion, Base Magicka Cost: 500]
Description: The caster shifts his body out of this plane, becoming invisible and invulnerable.
It also reduces his movement noises by 40% and negates all his damage done. If the spell is not
empowered, running or sprinting will break it. Upkeep-Cost: 6
Notes: Casting another hiding spell while this spell is active will dispel the old spell immediately.
This spell is released by using the lesser power you gain upon casting the spell, not by recasting it.
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– Veil of Shadows
[Masterly Illusion, Base Magicka Cost: 400]
Description: The caster creates a 11 foot wide sphere which enshrouds nearby allies and himself,
making them invisible until they interact with the environment. The sphere also reduces the noise
caused by movement by 40% and grants 40 armor rating. If not empowered, the caster cannot
maintain the spell while moving swiftly. Upkeep-Cost: 4
Notes: Casting another hiding spell while this spell is active will dispel the old spell immediately.
This spell is released by using the lesser power you gain upon casting the spell, not by recasting it.
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5.2. Alphabetical
Index of Spells
Arcane Resonance
Blackout
Blur
Charming Touch
Darkvision
Enraging Orb
Enraging Rune
Fog of Shadows
Frightening Orb
Frightening Sphere
Hibernation Spray
Hibernation Touch
Invisibility
Invisibility Sphere
Lionheart
Mind Maelstrom
Mistress of the Dark
Muffle
Muffling Sphere
Nightmare
Phantasmal Killer
Phantasmal Miasma
Phantasmal Pain
Rune of Dampening
Shadow Sanctuary
Shadow Shield
Shadow Simulacrum
Shadow Stride
Veil of Shadows
Veil of Silence
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[Advanced Illusion]
[Superior Illusion]
[Advanced Illusion]
[Fundamental Illusion]
[Fundamental Illusion]
[Advanced Illusion]
[Sophisticated Illusion]
[Superior Illusion]
[Fundamental Illusion]
[Sophisticated Illusion]
[Sophisticated Illusion]
[Advanced Illusion]
[Advanced Illusion]
[Superior Illusion]
[Fundamental Illusion]
[Masterly Illusion]
[Masterly Illusion]
[Advanced Illusion]
[Superior Illusion]
[Sophisticated Illusion]
[Superior Illusion]
[Masterly Illusion]
[Sophisticated Illusion]
[Advanced Illusion]
[Masterly Illusion]
[Sophisticated Illusion]
[Superior Illusion]
[Sophisticated Illusion]
[Masterly Illusion]
[Superior Illusion]
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Mechanics
6. Game Mechanics
6. Game Mechanics
This part of the manual contains more in-depth information about the game-mechanics used by Requiem.
Reading this section might help you get a deeper understanding of Requiem, but it is not mandatory to
play the mod.
6.1. Resistance versus illusion spells
Whenever an offensive illusion spell is cast, the game calculates a ``break-free chance'' for the victim. This
chance is afterwards compared to the result of a random number generator (imagine it as a dice throw).
If the generated number is smaller than the chance, the target immediately resists the spell, otherwise it
is affected. If the target is initially affected by the spell, the chance is evaluated* once again every two
seconds. If the target again does not break free from the spell, the effect continues until it is finally resisted
or its natural duration expires.
The calculation of the break-free chance is a comparison between the caster's spellpower, determined by her
illusion skill, and the willpower of the target, determined by level, magicka pool, illusion skill and magic
resistance; the precise relation is given by:
25 ℒ2𝑇 + 2 ℳ2𝑇 + 20 𝒮𝑇2
Break Free
1
=
× 0 .01ℛ𝑇 |ℛ𝑇 | +
1 + 0 .5 ℱ [
(1 + 𝒫𝐶 ) × (𝒮𝐶 + 𝒪)2 ]
Chance in %
𝑋𝑇 = a variable from the target
ℒ
𝒮
ℱ
𝒫
(6.1)
𝑋𝐶 = a variable from the caster
= the character level
ℳ = base magicka
= illusion skill
ℛ = magical resistance
= is under Fog of Shadows effect? 𝒪 = spell specific value
= number of illusion perks up to casted spell's tier the character has
The spellspecific value 𝒪 is 1 for fundamental spells, 5 for advanced spells, 10 for sophisticated spells, 15
for superior spells and 20 for master spells. The resistance value resulting from evaluating Equation 6.1 is
then compared to the ``dice'', which is an arbitrary number between 0 and 100. Since this formula might
not be very enlightening to people who do not deal with mathematics every day, there is also Figure 6.1,
which illustrates the practical effect of the above formula for a few enemies and appropriate spell tiers.
* The
chance is computed only once, each consequent evaluation only throws the dice again. Therefore, a chance in the actor
values contributing to the resistance after the spell was cast will not be taken into account.
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Figure 6.1.: The dependence of the break free chance for chosen enemies against illusion spells to illustrate
Equation 6.1. The detailed stats of the shown enemies can be taken from the following table:
Bandit Warrior
Necromancer
Storm Atronach
Level
5
36
30
Magicka
5
570
100
Illusion
5
10
5
Magic Resistance
0
0
50
Break-Free Chance in %
100
Bandit warrior
fundamental spell (no perks)
advanced spell (no perks)
fundamental spell (with perks)
advanced spell (with perks)
80
60
Necromancer
superior spell (no perks)
masterly spell (no perks)
superior spell (with perks)
masterly spell (with perks)
Storm Atronach
sophisticated spell (no perks)
superior spell (no perks)
sophisticated spell (with perks)
superior spell (with perks)
40
20
0
0
20
40
60
Caster Illusion Skill
80
100
6.2. The derived attributes system
Since Skyrim has abandoned all the attributes like strength and intelligence that defined your character
in previous Elder Scroll titles, we decided to bring them back in an immersive way. Instead of faking
those old attributes, we decided to directly derive the bonuses they granted, like disease resistance, melee
damage etc, from the three new attributes health, stamina and magicka. To calculate the bonuses granted,
your ``base actor value'' is used, that means the natural value of your health, stamina or magicka, without
considering damage taken, fortify effects and similar stuff.
All derived attributes have a square-root scaling with their corresponding value, this means you will gain
major bonuses in the value range that is accessible to most (dedicated) characters and with increasing values
the gained bonuses per attribute point are reduced. In addition to the scaling, a threshold is used which
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you will have to surpass before benefiting from the derived attribute. In general, the bonuses are derived
from the relation shown in Equation 6.2. Figure 6.2 illustrates the resulting bonuses as a function of the
weighted attributes and lists the attribute-specific parameters.
attribute
𝑎√𝜔ℋ ℋ + 𝜔ℳ ℳ + 𝜔𝒮 𝒮 − 𝑐
=
bonus
{ 0
𝜔ℋ ℋ + 𝜔ℳ ℳ + 𝜔𝒮 𝒮 ≥ 𝑐
(6.2)
else
all values are specific to the corresponding attribute
𝑎 = scaling prefactor
ℋ/ℳ/𝒮 = base health/magicka/stamina
𝑐 = the threshold value 𝜔ℋ/ℳ/𝒮 = weighting factor for health/magicka/stamina
Figure 6.2.: The progression curves for your derived attributes, illustrating Equation 6.2. The parameters for each derived stat are shown in the following table. All bonuses are in %, except the
``unarmed damage'' and the carry weight, these are absolute values.
attribute
magic resistance
disease resistance
stamina regeneration
movement speed
one-handed damage
bow/dagger/unarmed damage
𝑎
1
4
8
5
4
4
𝑐
150
100
100
125
150
150
𝜔ℋ
0 .0
0 .4
0 .0
0 .2
0 .5
0 .2
𝜔ℳ
1 .0
0 .0
0 .0
0 .0
0 .0
0 .0
𝜔𝒮
0 .0
0 .6
1 .0
0 .8
0 .5
0 .8
attribute
magicka regeneration
poison resistance
unarmed damage
carry weight
two-handed damage
𝑎
8
4
3
4
4
𝑐
100
140
125
110
150
𝜔ℋ
0 .0
0 .6
1.0
0 .8
0 .8
𝜔ℳ
1 .0
0 .0
0 .0
0 .0
0 .0
𝜔𝒮
0 .0
0 .4
0 .0
0 .2
0 .2
120
100
Magicka derived
Magicka regeneration rate
Magic resistance
Health+Stamina derived
Disease resistance
Poison resistance
Stamina regeneration rate
Unarmed Damage
Movement Speed
Carry Weight
Weapon Damage
Bonus
80
60
40
20
0
80
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100 120 140 160 180 200 220 240 260 280 300
(Weighted and Summed) Base Actor value(s)
6.3. The mass effect - how the weight of your equipment changes everything
You can check your current bonuses by visiting the page ``Derived Attributes'' from the ``Requiem - Skills
Menu'' in the mod configuration menu.
6.3. The mass effect - how the weight of
your equipment changes everything
The weight of your currently equipped gear has a significant impact on many things you do. It affects your
mobility, your spellcasting and your combat effectiveness. Your character now has a dynamic ``mass'' ℳ
which is defined by
equipped
equipped
1
ℳ=1+
∑ 𝑤armor + ∑ 𝑤weapon ]
100 [ armor
weapons
(6.3)
where 𝑤 denotes the base weight (i.e without the 20% weight reduction for currently equipped armor
pieces) of the armor or weapon and the sums go over all pieces of equipment you have currently equipped,
with the exception of arrows and bolts. This mass factor is then used to determine several other statistics:
– stamina costs for normal attacks are scaled linearly with your mass
– without heavy armor training, power attack stamina costs are also scaled linearly by the mass
– falling damage you receive now scales linearly with the mass
– your movement noises generated while sneaking are also linearly amplified by your mass
– finally it also affects your movement speed and your spellcasting costs (see formulas in Table 6.1)
movement speed
= (ℳ − 1) ⋅ 50
reduction in %
ℬ ⋅ ℳ𝛼 𝑚 ≥ 1
spellcasting cost =
𝑒𝑙𝑠𝑒
{ 1
𝛼 = see table on the right
ℬ = base cost for spell
(6.4)
(6.5 )
casting circumstances 𝛼 value in 6.5
only clothes worn
1.0
light armor without perk
2.0
light armor with perk
1.0
heavy armor without perk
5.0
heavy armor with perk
2.0
Table 6.1.: Spellcasting and movement penalties caused by the weight of your equipment.
The impact of wearing armor, especially heavy ones, is illustrated in Figure 6.3 for the casting of spells.
The light (or heavy) armor curves apply as soon as you wear at least one part of light (or heavy) armor. It
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Casting Cost Factor
20
15
Worn Armor Type
Clothes only or
Light Armour with perk
Clothes+Light Armour or
Heavy Armour with perk
Heavy armour
10
5
0
0
100
50
Weight of your worn armor and weapons
150
Figure 6.3.: The impact of your worn armor and weaponry on spellcasting.
does not matter if it is a full plate armor or just a pair of gloves, but the weight difference will actually
make them behave differently. The perk Battle Mage, which is required to cast masterly spells in heavy
armor with reduced penalties, also grants a general reduction on all casting costs in heavy armor.
6.4. Thu'um mastery
In Requiem, you will actually have to learn the usage of the Thu'um to use it efficiently. At the beginning
of the game, shouting will be a very exhausting task , requiring long pauses between consecutive shouts
(50% longer cooldowns than in Vanilla). In time you will gain more and more understanding of the Thu'um
by learning new words of the draconic language and honing your rhetoric skills by using the Thu'um.
The passive bonuses granted are similar to those granted by the derived attributes system discussed in the
preceding section: The bonuses for shout recovery time have a square root scaling and a threshold which
you must bypass before benefiting from the bonuses. The detailed scaling rules are:
shout cooldown
2
= [𝜔known + 𝜔mastered + 𝜏usage ]
3
reduction in %
70
(6.6 )
6.5. Stamina costs for normal attacks
𝜔known =
2 √𝒲known − 5
{ 0
𝒲known ≥ 5
else
𝒲known = number of thu'um words you know
𝜔mastered = 5 √𝒲mastered
𝒲mastered = number of thu'um words you have mastered
𝜏usage =
0 .5 √𝒩shouts − 50
{ 0
𝒯shouts ≥ 50
else
𝒩shouts = how often you have alreaedy used your thu'um
The cooldown reduction described above is relative to the new cooldown times, not the vanilla ones.
6.5. Stamina costs for normal attacks
In contrast to Vanilla Skyrim, stamina is now an important attribute that determines the rise and fall
of any warrior. Running, sprinting, jumping, blocking and attacking, all these actions now cost stamina.
And without stamina you are exhausted and become a simple target for most enemies since you can no
longer block effectively and your attacks are also less dangerous. But the same also applies to your foes…
The stamina costs for attacks apply a constant drain that is active until the character finishes the weapon
swing or fires the arrow after drawing his bow. The precise formula for the drain is given in Equation 6.7.
stamina drain
2𝒟 𝒮 𝒫
3𝒞
= ( 4 .0 −
⋅ (1 −
⋅ℳ
)
100
4 )
per second
(6.7 )
ℳ = current mass of the character 𝒮 = character's skill with the used weapon
𝒞 = used weapon is a crossbow? 𝒫 = character has base perk for weapon?
𝒟 = character is not dual-wielding or has the Flurry perk?
As it can be seen from the above formula, your prowess with the used weapon has a major impact on
how tiring the swings of your weapon are, as a grandmaster of your weapon the stamina drain is halved.
Furthermore, it can also be seen that special conditions apply for dual-wielding and the use of crossbows.
If you dual-wield, you need to have the ``Flurry'' perk to get the bonus from your one-handed skill applied
and if you use a crossbow the final stamina cost is reduced by 75% since the crossbow only requires you to
aim.*
* Changes to the reloading mechanism are unfortunately not possible.
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6.6. Knockdown attacks
The chance to knock down an opponent, or being knocked down yourself primarily depends on your mass
(see The mass effect - how the weight of your equipment changes everything). If an actor tries to knock
down another one, either with his natural attacks (bears and sabrecats for example can knock you down
with their power attacks) or with special attacks like Bull Rushing or Overpowering Shield Bashes, the
chance for success is given by:
ℳ𝐴
Knockdown
= 25 ⋅ (1 + 𝒮 ) ⋅
ℳ𝑇 + 0 . 5 𝒜
chance in %
(6.8)
𝒮 = attacker is sprinting? ℳ𝐴 = mass of the attacker
ℳ𝑇 = mass of the defender
𝒜 = defender has Acrobatics perk active?
Note that charging into your enemy is more effective than shield bashing (double the chance), however, it
comes at a greater risk: If you fail, you must pass a knockdown check yourself…If you charge on a horse, to
perform a trample attack , the mass of the horse will be added to yours for the knockdown calculation. The
acrobatics perk counts as active, if you wear no heavy armor. Table 6.2 lists the masses of some creatures
that commonly perform knock down attacks as a practical example.
animal
mass
bears
3.5-3.75
sabre cats
3.5
mammoth
20.0
creature
mass
frostbite spiders
2.0
werewolves
2.0
trolls
3.5
Table 6.2.: Masses of creatures that can perform knockdown attacks.
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Hall of Heroes
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A. Credits
The Requiem Development Team consists of:
– Xarrian - Project Founder and Developer (23 Jun 2012 - 15 May 2013)
– Ogerboss - Developer (Jan 2013 - present)
– alexels - betatester (October 2013 - present)
– heckur - betatester (October 2013 - present)
We want to use this chance to thank all those who helped (and still help) us creating this Mod:
– All those who participated in testing and improving this mod: You guys don't know how much your
suggestions and testing helps us improving this mod! Without you, this would not be possible!
– azirok for supplying our community with unofficial patches for other popular mods
– heckur and alexels for their intensive testing of the 1.7.2 version and proofreading the manual
– Insane0hflex and Brodual (Youtube.com) for spotlighting the mod in their videos
– Ka3m0n for adding Requiem to the G.E.M.S. list (http://skyrimgems.com/)
– the Nexus Team and DarkOne for providing such a nice platform to share and discuss mods so freely
– the guys who host and maintain the Unofficial Elder Scrolls Wiki (http://www.uesp.net/), it
really helps a lot
– Bethesda for making such a great, moddable game
– Chuck Norris for not roundhouse-kicking us!
Special thanks from Xarrian:
– My wonderful girlfriend for accepting my rather time-consuming hobby! Veronika, I love you!!!
– My dear mother for everything - especially her opinion on the spells!
– My dear friends who helped me a lot by testing, reporting bugs and wise counselling! David, Florian: You're awesome!
Special thanks from Ogerboss:
– the SK SE team for making this incredible powerful modding tool, without it, I would go insane on
a regular basis
– the SkyUI team for their easy-to-use MCM API, it really saves a lot of work
– the SkyProc team for making such a powerful tool (although I did not use it in the intended way)
We also would like to express our gratitude to those users, who rewarded our efforts with a generous
donation:
– florence666
[07.08.2012]
– FleischHals
[06.10.2012]
– chaosegg
[24.10.2012]
– shemalerevenge
[13.12.2012]
– Abraxas77
[26.12.2012]
– yakyakyak
[26.12.2012]
– Terwero
[11.03.2013]
– Kazekage1
[11.04.2013]
All other detonators* donators we unfortunately could not link to any accounts; if you want to be listed
here, just send us a message!
Finally but not least, we want to thank all those noble souls from the Skyrim Nexus who allowed us to
use their creations in our mod. Visit their linked profiles and check out their other awesome work!
– 3rd Person Dual Wield Animation FixM14 by odin_mlP2
– Aetherium Armor and Weapons CompilationM15 by lautasantenniP3
– Book Covers Skyrim (Requiem Patch)M16 by DanielCoffeyP4
– Brawl Bugs Patch - Plugins - Modder ResourceM17 by jonwd7P5
– Dragon Knight ArmorM8 by hothtrooper44P6
– Golden Elven Armour and WeaponsM18 by starz82P7
– Horse Armors for SkyrimM19 by mystikhybridP8
– Immersive ArmorsM20 by hothtrooper44P6
– Insanitys DragonbaneM21 by InsanitySorrowP9
– Insanitys Red Eagles BaneM22 by InsanitySorrowP9
– Less Ruined BooksM23 by IchibuP10
– Lockpicking interface retexM24 by quazaqueP11
– Lockpick Inventory RemodelM25 by born2bkilledP12
– Lore Friendly Armor PackM26 by rahman530P13
– No bethesda IntroM27 by agonbarP14
– Robed Steel Plate ArmorM28 by Madcat221P15
– Skyhighrim - Craftable Drugs - AlcoholM29 by IchibuP10
– Smaller Ice Spike and Ice SpearM30 by imeltfacesP16
– Smaller Kingthings Petrock fontsM13 by EckhartP17
– SPOA Silver Knight ArmorM31 by dopalaczP18
* My spell-checker forced me to do this!
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– True YieldM32 by sushisquidP19
– Weapons of the Third EraM33 by 747823P20
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B. Compatibility with other mods
There are lots of awesome mods out there which may or may not be directly compatible with Requiem. This
chapter contains a compatibility list gathered by the Requiem community and shows you which mods are
either fully compatible, require a patch or other special care and which ones are simply incompatible.
However, the user azirokP21 made an impressive list of compability patches for popular mods and DLCs.
Currently, the following patches are available:
– Requiem - DragonbornM34
– Requiem - HearthfiresM35
– Requiem - FalskaarM36
– Requiem - WyrmstoothM37
– Requiem - Immersive ArmorsM38
– Requiem - Immersive CreaturesM39
– Requiem - Immersive PatrolsM40
– Requiem - Immersive WeaponsM41
– Requiem - Skytest Realistic Animals and PredatorsM42
Apart from these compability patches, he also published Requiem - Hard TimesM43 . This is a
``hardcore'' version of Requiem with some extra features.
The mod Alternate Start - Live Another LifeM7 is completely compatible with Requiem, but must
be loaded last.
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C. Referenced Mods and Tools
[M1] Requiem - The Roleplaying Overhaul by Xarrian and Ogerboss
Weblink: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/19281, referenced on page(s): 4, 82
[M2] Skyrim Script Extender (SKSE) by SKSE Team
Weblink: http://skse.silverlock.org/, referenced on page(s): 4
[M3] SkyUI by SkyUI Team
Weblink: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/3863, referenced on page(s): 4, 24
[M4] SkyUI-Away by SkyUI Team
Weblink: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/29440, referenced on page(s): 5, 24
[M5] Mod Organizer by Tannin
Weblink: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/1334, referenced on page(s): 5, 24
[M6] Nexus Mod Manager by Nexus Mods Team
Weblink: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/modmanager, referenced on page(s): 5
[M7] Alternate Start - Live Another Life by Arthmoor
Weblink: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/9557, referenced on page(s): 5, 36, 78
[M8] Dragon Knight Armor by hothtrooper44
Weblink: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/28287, referenced on page(s): 5, 76, 82
[M9] Skyrim Scaling Stopper by David Brasher
Weblink: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/9857, referenced on page(s): 15
[M10] Skyrim Unleashed by Laast
Weblink: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/25869, referenced on page(s): 15
[M11] Unofficial Skyrim Patch by Unofficial Patch Project Team
Weblink: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/19, referenced on page(s): 22
[M12] Even Better Quest Objectives by whickus and AND
Weblink: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/32695, referenced on page(s): 24
[M13] Smaller Kingthings Petrock fonts by Eckhart
Weblink: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/20773, referenced on page(s): 25, 76, 83
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[M14] 3rd Person Dual Wield Animation Fix by odin_ml
Weblink: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/248, referenced on page(s): 76, 82
[M15] Aetherium Armor and Weapons Compilation by lautasantenni
Weblink: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/23530, referenced on page(s): 76, 82
[M16] Book Covers Skyrim (Requiem Patch) by DanielCoffey
Weblink: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/35399, referenced on page(s): 76, 82
[M17] Brawl Bugs Patch - Plugins - Modder Resource by jonwd7
Weblink: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/24020, referenced on page(s): 76, 82
[M18] Golden Elven Armour and Weapons by starz82
Weblink: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/31638, referenced on page(s): 76, 82
[M19] Horse Armors for Skyrim by mystikhybrid
Weblink: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/13348, referenced on page(s): 76, 82
[M20] Immersive Armors by hothtrooper44
Weblink: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/19733, referenced on page(s): 76, 82
[M21] Insanitys Dragonbane by InsanitySorrow
Weblink: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/19180, referenced on page(s): 76, 82
[M22] Insanitys Red Eagles Bane by InsanitySorrow
Weblink: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/32930, referenced on page(s): 76, 82
[M23] Less Ruined Books by Ichibu
Weblink: no%20longer%20available%20on%20Skyrim%20nexus, referenced on page(s): 76, 82
[M24] Lockpicking interface retex by quazaque
Weblink: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/2845, referenced on page(s): 76, 82
[M25] Lockpick Inventory Remodel by born2bkilled
Weblink: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/13901, referenced on page(s): 76, 82
[M26] Lore Friendly Armor Pack by rahman530
Weblink: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/6684, referenced on page(s): 76, 82
[M27] No bethesda Intro by agonbar
Weblink: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/20020, referenced on page(s): 76, 83
[M28] Robed Steel Plate Armor by Madcat221
Weblink: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/10506, referenced on page(s): 76, 83
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[M29] Skyhighrim - Craftable Drugs - Alcohol by Ichibu
Weblink: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/22287, referenced on page(s): 76, 82
[M30] Smaller Ice Spike and Ice Spear by imeltfaces
Weblink: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/31899, referenced on page(s): 76, 83
[M31] SPOA Silver Knight Armor by dopalacz
Weblink: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/32275, referenced on page(s): 76, 83
[M32] True Yield by sushisquid
Weblink: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/7252, referenced on page(s): 77, 83
[M33] Weapons of the Third Era by 747823
Weblink: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/3871, referenced on page(s): 77, 83
[M34] Requiem - Dragonborn by azirok
Weblink: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/38197, referenced on page(s): 35, 78, 83
[M35] Requiem - Hearthfires by azirok
Weblink: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/43353, referenced on page(s): 78
[M36] Requiem - Falskaar by azirok
Weblink: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/38563, referenced on page(s): 78
[M37] Requiem - Wyrmstooth by azirok
Weblink: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/43845, referenced on page(s): 78
[M38] Requiem - Immersive Armors by azirok
Weblink: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/42538, referenced on page(s): 78
[M39] Requiem - Immersive Creatures by azirok
Weblink: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/36096, referenced on page(s): 78
[M40] Requiem - Immersive Patrols by azirok
Weblink: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/43589, referenced on page(s): 78
[M41] Requiem - Immersive Weapons by azirok
Weblink: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/42540, referenced on page(s): 78
[M42] Requiem - Skytest Realistic Animals and Predators by azirok
Weblink: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/42536, referenced on page(s): 78
[M43] Requiem - Hard Times by azirok
Weblink: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/43849, referenced on page(s): 78
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D. Nexus Profiles from referenced
Modders
[P1] Xarrian contributed to Requiem: M1
Weblink: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/users/1303819, referenced on page(s): 4
[P2] odin_ml contributed to Requiem: M14
Weblink: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/users/50001, referenced on page(s): 76
[P3] lautasantenni contributed to Requiem: M15
Weblink: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/users/983976, referenced on page(s): 76
[P4] DanielCoffey contributed to Requiem: M16
Weblink: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/users/3204267, referenced on page(s): 76
[P5] jonwd7 contributed to Requiem: M17
Weblink: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/users/2492841, referenced on page(s): 76
[P6] hothtrooper44 contributed to Requiem: M8, M20
Weblink: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/users/3656551, referenced on page(s): 76
[P7] starz82 contributed to Requiem: M18
Weblink: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/users/601350, referenced on page(s): 76
[P8] mystikhybrid contributed to Requiem: M19
Weblink: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/users/294935, referenced on page(s): 76
[P9] InsanitySorrow contributed to Requiem: M21, M22
Weblink: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/users/258945, referenced on page(s): 76
[P10] Ichibu contributed to Requiem: M23, M29
Weblink: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/users/2063119, referenced on page(s): 76
[P11] quazaque contributed to Requiem: M24
Weblink: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/users/2401225, referenced on page(s): 76
[P12] born2bkilled contributed to Requiem: M25
Weblink: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/users/255383, referenced on page(s): 76
[P13] rahman530 contributed to Requiem: M26
Weblink: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/users/3052977, referenced on page(s): 76
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[P14] agonbar contributed to Requiem: M27
Weblink: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/users/1898333, referenced on page(s): 76
[P15] Madcat221 contributed to Requiem: M28
Weblink: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/users/115378, referenced on page(s): 76
[P16] imeltfaces contributed to Requiem: M30
Weblink: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/users/1073116, referenced on page(s): 76
[P17] Eckhart contributed to Requiem: M13
Weblink: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/users/2412528, referenced on page(s): 76
[P18] dopalacz contributed to Requiem: M31
Weblink: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/users/3478029, referenced on page(s): 76
[P19] sushisquid contributed to Requiem: M32
Weblink: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/users/851501, referenced on page(s): 77
[P20] 747823 contributed to Requiem: M33
Weblink: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/users/3186836, referenced on page(s): 77
[P21] azirok contributed to Requiem: M34
Weblink: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/users/4464223, referenced on page(s): 35, 78
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